2018-10-18_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/18/2018
• Doc Name Note: for SL14
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
• Email Name: ZTT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance October 2018
Partial Phase II and III Bond Release SL-14 Page 1
Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process
III. Criteria for Bond Release
IV. Observations and Findings
V. Proposed Decision

Attachments:

Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages
Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts
Table 3. Summary of Applicable SL-14 Bond Release Amounts

Figure 1. SL-14 Location Map – Phase II
Figure 2. SL-14 Location Map – Phase III
Figure 3. SL-14 Topsoil Verification Hole Locations and Depths

I. INTRODUCTION

This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
Safety (Division) in response to a request for Partial Phase II and III Bond Release at the Colowyo
Mine, Permit Number C-1981-019, bond release application number SL-14. The package contains
five parts. These include: 1) Introduction; 2) Procedures and Summary of the Bond Release
Process; 3) Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of the Division
regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and
Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 5) the Division’s Proposed Decision
on the request for bond release.

Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this
document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and
reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located
at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado.

The Colowyo Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal
Company, LP (Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 27,529.24 acres. The Colowyo
Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south of
the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13.
The land for which bond release has been requested is owned by Colowyo Coal Company L.P. The
coal mined within the SL-14 reclamation parcels is Federal (BLM) owned. Reclamation work for
which bond release has been requested was conducted during 1995 through 2012.