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INTRODUCTION <br /> The Yoast Mine is located approximately nine miles southeast of the town of Hayden, Colorado. <br /> Yoast is a reclaimed surface coal mine. Coal extraction began at Yoast in 1995 and ceased in <br /> 2006. During the life of the mine over 12 million tons of coal were produced. Reclamation <br /> grading, topsoil replacement and seeding of the mine disturbance areas have been mostly <br /> completed. A copy of the complete approved Yoast Mine permit is located at the Twentymile <br /> Coal Company office, 29515 RCR 27, Oak Creek, Colorado. <br /> This application is submitted in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues (April 18, 1995),Rule 3.03 Release <br /> of Performance Bonds, the approved permit and consultations with CDRMS on vegetation <br /> sampling, analysis and success evaluations. <br /> BOND RELEASE BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br /> This submittal represents a formal partial Phase II and partial Phase III along with a combined <br /> partial phase II and III bond release request by Seneca Property, LLC (SPL) for the Seneca Yoast <br /> Mine (Yoast). The previous owner, Seneca Coal Company, submitted an initial Phase I Bond <br /> release request(SL-1) on June 26,2007. SL-1 resulted in 173.02 acres released and the bond was <br /> reduced by$11,862. SL-2(partial Phase I)bond release became final on July 22,2010 and resulted <br /> in release of 456.7 acres and bond reduction of $790,205. SL-3 (Partial Phase II) bond release <br /> became final on March 9, 2012 and resulted in a Phase II release of 592 acres and bond reduction <br /> of$1,693,918. SL-4(Partial Phase I)bond release became final on November 9,2012 and resulted <br /> in a release of 115.5 acres and bond reduction of$452,336. SL-5 (Phase I, II and III bond release) <br /> became final in March 2014 and resulted in the release of 6.25 acres and bond reduction of <br /> $1,493.63. SL-6 (Partial Phase I& III)became final in March 14t',2018 and resulted in the release <br /> of 372.1 acres and a bond reduction of$522,435.07. Areas included in this application as Phase <br /> III have received formal Phase I and Phase II bond release, with exception to the combined Phase <br /> II and Phase III areas. All areas included have had topsoil replaced and were revegetated between <br /> 1997 and 2013. <br /> SL-7 - 1 <br />