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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-18 Releasable Amount <br /> Table 4. GPS Point Elevations <br /> Figure 1. SL-18 Location Map <br /> Figure 2. SL-18 GPS Point Locations <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 Bond Release at the Colowyo Mine, <br /> Permit Number C-1981-019, bond release application number SL-18. This Findings document <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 26,272.64 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. The coal within the area <br /> which is being requested with SL-18 is owned by the Bureau of Land Management(BLM). <br /> IL PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br /> Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance July 21,2020 <br /> Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-18 Page 1 <br />