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from east to west. Projected life of the South Taylor Pit is estimated to be until 2021 as per the <br />currently approved Map 23A, not including potential highwall mining, which could prolong this <br />schedule. Reclamation in the South Taylor Pit is expected to conclude in 2029. <br />In 2017, construction began for the Collom Pit expansion approved with PR -04. Current <br />activities are limited to the items detailed in Exhibit 13C of the Cololwyo PAP. <br />Permit, Performance Bond, and Bond Release History <br />The permanent program mining permit was issued on November 4, 1982. Seven successive <br />permit renewals have been approved subsequent to the initial permanent program permit <br />approval; the most recent, Permit Renewal No. 7, was issued August 14, 2018, for a permit term <br />that will expire November 5, 2022. The Division currently holds a reclamation bond, in the form <br />of a self -bond, in the amount of $108,025,721.00. <br />Colowyo has applied for twelve previous bond releases: <br />Previous Bond Release Summary <br />Bond Release <br />Phase <br />Submittal <br />Date <br />Approval Date <br />SL -01 <br />I and II <br />7/2/1987 <br />10/8/1987 <br />SL -02 <br />I <br />9/25/1997 <br />4/27/1998 <br />SL -03 <br />II <br />9/26/2000 <br />8/15/2001 <br />SL -04 <br />I and II <br />6/1/2010 <br />7/25/2001 <br />SL -05 <br />III <br />6/28/2010 <br />7/25/2012 <br />SL -06 <br />I <br />4/26/2012 <br />4/9/2013 <br />SL -07 <br />I <br />4/2/2013 <br />8/29/2013 <br />SL -08 <br />I <br />5/20/2015 <br />1/7/2016 <br />SL -09 <br />I <br />2/29/2016 <br />9/28/2016 <br />SL -10 <br />III <br />7/18/2016 <br />1/12/2017 <br />SL -11 <br />I <br />3/10/2017 <br />11/13/2017 <br />SL -12 <br />II and III <br />3/10/2017 <br />12/7/2017 <br />SL -13 <br />I <br />4/12/2018 <br />8/30/18 <br />SL -14 Partial Phase H and III Bond Release Application <br />The SL -14 application was received by the Division on May 24, 2018 and deemed complete on <br />June 4, 2018. Colowyo published notice of the bond release application in the Craig Daily Press <br />once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning May 4, 2018 and ending on May 25, 2018. <br />Colowyo notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, the Office of Surface <br />Mining (OSM), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Land Board (CSLB) and <br />other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No <br />Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance October 2018 <br />Partial Phase II and III Bond Release SL -14 Page 3 <br />