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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />April 25, 2019 <br /> <br />Desty Dyer <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />Uncompahgre Field Office <br />2505 S. Townsend Ave. <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022) <br /> Bond Release Application No. 1 (SL-1) <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Dyer: <br /> <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC has applied for a bond release at the Elk Creek Mine. The bond release <br />application was found complete by this Division on April 25, 2019. Oxbow Mining, LLC has <br />submitted a Partial Phase I Bond Release application for the Elk Creek Mine. The requested <br />release is for the reclamation of approximately 20.6 acres, located on the Lower and Middle Pads <br />of the Elk Creek Mine facilities area, and a portion of the East Yard area. Backfilling and <br />grading of these areas was completed in 2018. The application requests the release of $398,000 <br />from a current total bond amount of $4.5M. There are no proposed changes to the mine’s <br />permitted, affected or disturbed acreages as a result of this revision. The surface ownership is <br />federal and private, and the coal mined was federal and private. <br /> <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as <br />soon as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty <br />(60) days of our inspection. <br /> <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Leigh D. Simmons