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L PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br /> Snowcap Coal Company,Inc. (SCC) applied for partial Phase II and partial Phase III bond <br /> release under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act following reclamation of the <br /> Roadside Portals. The mine is located in Mesa County, T10S, R98W, 6th PM Sections 26, 27, 28, <br /> 34, and 35; T10S, R98W, 6th PM and Portions of Section 2 T10S, R98W, 6th PM in Mesa County. <br /> The location of these sections is contained within the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Cameo <br /> and Palisade Quadrangle maps. The specific areas requested for final bond release in this SL11 <br /> application are located in; T10S, R98W, 6th PM Sections 26, 34 and 35; and T11S, R98W, 6t'PM <br /> section 2. <br /> This is the eleventh bond release request(SL-11) filed for the Roadside Portal Mines. A <br /> history of previous bond release applications are listed below: <br /> • The initial(SL-01) application was withdrawn. <br /> • The SL-02 application for Phase I bond release was approved October 27, 2003. Various <br /> reclaimed surface facility locations within the permit area were granted Phase I release <br /> based on proper completion of facilities removal, drainage control, and backfilling and <br /> grading by the SL-02 decision. <br /> • The SL-03 application was approved October 31, 2007 and released from full liability areas <br /> overlying underground workings at the Roadside North and South Portals totaling 7,294 <br /> acres. <br /> • The SL-04 application was approved January 26, 2009 and 18 acres were released from <br /> Phase I liability in the South Portal area and at the site of the former overland conveyor. <br /> • The SL-05 application was approved November 5, 2009 and released 2.1 acres from full <br /> liability at the"Overland Conveyor"area located adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad and <br /> south of I 9/10t'road. <br /> • The SL-06 application was approved December 14, 2010 and released 14.8 reclaimed acres <br /> from Phase I and II liability at an area referred to as the South Portal in T1OS, R98W, <br /> Section 34. <br /> • The SL-07 application was approved on April 26, 2011 and released 75.2 acres from Phase <br /> I,II, and III liability at the Unit Train Load Out facility. <br /> • The SL-08 application was approved on November 14, 2015 and released 22.2 acres of <br /> Phase I liability, 136.5 acres of Phase II liability, and 128.0 acres of Phase III liability. The <br /> Division also released 744.0 acres of affected area(lands overlying underground coal mine <br /> workings). <br /> • The SL-09 application was approved on November 23, 2016 and released 13.1 acres from <br /> Phase II liability, and 9.6 acres from Phase III liability. <br /> • The SL-10 application was approved on July 24, 2017 and released 4.0 acres from Phase III <br /> liability. <br /> An application for this partial Phase II and Partial Phase III bond release was received by the <br /> Division on May 24, 2018. The application was deemed complete on May 31, 2018, after the <br /> Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. SCC published notice of the <br /> bond release application in The Daily Sentinel once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning <br /> April 27, 2018. SCC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and <br /> other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(l). <br /> The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on June 27, 2018. The site <br /> 3 <br />