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Table of Contents <br /> I. Introduction <br /> II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process <br /> III. Criteria for Bond Release <br /> IV. Observations and Findings <br /> V. Proposed Decision <br /> Attachments: <br /> Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages <br /> Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts <br /> Table 3. SL-15 Releasable Amount <br /> Table 4. GPS Point Elevations <br /> Figure 1. SL-15 Location Map—East and West Pit <br /> Figure 2. SL-15 Location Map— Gulch A Ditch <br /> Figure 3. GPS Point Location Map—East Pit <br /> Figure 4. GPS Point Location Map—West Pit <br /> Figure 5. GPS Point Location Map—Gulch A Ditch <br /> I. INTRODUCTION <br /> This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and <br /> Safety(Division) in response to a request for Partial Phase I, II, and III Bond Release at the <br /> Colowyo Mine, Permit Number C-1981-019,bond release application number SL-15. The package <br /> contains five parts. These include: 1) Introduction; 2)Procedures and Summary of the Bond <br /> Release Process; 3) Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of the <br /> Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal <br /> Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 5)the Division's <br /> Proposed Decision on the request for bond release. <br /> Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br /> Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this <br /> document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and <br /> reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located <br /> at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br /> The Colowyo Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal <br /> Company, LP (Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 27,529.24 acres. The Colowyo <br /> Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south of <br /> the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13. <br /> The land for which bond release has been requested is owned by Colowyo Coal Company L.P. The <br /> coal within the area in which is being requested with SL-15 is Federal (BLM) owned. Reclamation <br /> Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance August 6,2019 <br /> Partial Phase I,II and III Bond Release SL-15 Page 1 <br />