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I. PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br /> Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation,LLC applied for partial bond release under the Colorado <br /> Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act following reclamation of the New Horizon Mine. <br /> The mine is located in Montrose County,All or portions of the following: Sec 6, T46N,R15W: <br /> W1/2NE1/4;W1/2SW1/4NE1/4;NW1/4; N1/2NE1/4SW1/4;N1/2SE1/4;N1/2SE1/4SE1/4 <br /> Sec 31, T47N,R15W: SW1/4Sec 1, T46N,R16W:N1/2NE1/4NE1/4;NW1/4NE1/4;NW1/4SE <br /> 1/4NE1/4; NE 1/4NW 1/4;N 1/2SE 1/4NW 1/4Sec 36,T47N,R16W: SW 1/4; SE 1/4 Sec25, <br /> T47N,R16W: SW 1/4. <br /> Summary of Bond Releases for the New Horizon Mine <br /> SL-01 granted release of 5 5.6 acres from the northeast corner of the Mine 1 permit area. The <br /> property was to be used by Montrose County, the landowner, to expand the adjacent landfill. <br /> Release was approved on July 5, 1989. <br /> SL-02 granted release of an additional 14.02 acres from Mine 1 for expansion of the Montrose <br /> County landfill. Release was approved on October 6, 1993. <br /> SL-03 approved Phase I bond release for 215.5 acres at the New Horizon Mine 1. The release <br /> was granted on December 16, 1994. The application also requested Phase II release for <br /> portions of Mine 1, but the request was denied by the Division due to insufficient <br /> revegetation. <br /> SL-04 granted Phase I bond release for the remaining 98.6 acres of Mine 1 (the "Rice tract"). <br /> Phase I release was also granted for 51.8 acres in the southeastern corner of New Horizon <br /> Mine 2. The release was approved on May 6, 1996. <br /> SL-05 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 67.4 acres at Mine 2. The release was <br /> approved on January 8, 1998. <br /> SL-06 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 43.4 acres at Mine 2. This release was <br /> approved on July 23, 1999. <br /> SL-07 approved additional bond releases at New Horizon Mine 1. Included were Phase II <br /> release for 67.95 acres; Phase III release for 215.5 acres; and release of 24.06 acres that were <br /> undisturbed. The releases were approved on December 21, 2001. <br /> SL-08 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 85.64 acres of Mine 2. The release was <br /> approved on October 25, 2002. <br /> SL-09 granted WFC full bond release for 21 groundwater monitoring wells and 27 <br /> exploration boreholes at the New Horizon Mine 1 and 2. The release was approved on July <br /> 16, 2007. <br /> SL-10 approved Phase I bond release for reclamation of the CCC Ditch temporary irrigation <br /> Permit Number C1981-008:SL22 Page 3 of 17 <br />