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Table of Contents <br />I. Introduction <br />IL 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 Amounts <br />Figure 1. SL -03 Map <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 Phase III Bond Release and Termination of <br />Jurisdiction at the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine (Coal Ridge), Permit Number C-1984-065, bond release <br />application number SL -03. The package contains five parts. These include: 1) Introduction; 2) <br />Procedures and Summary of the Bond Release Process; 3) Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; <br />4) Observations and Findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations <br />promulgated thereunder; and 5) the Division's 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 package (PAP) on file at the Division <br />offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />Coal Ridge is an underground mine which is permitted and operated by C.B. Minerals Company, <br />LLC. The total permit area encompasses 272.00 acres. The Coal Ridge Mine is located in <br />Garfield County, Colorado approximately 7 miles west of the town of Glenwood Springs, CO. <br />The land for which bond release has been requested is owned by APB Holdings, LLC as shown on <br />Figure 2.1-1 of the Coal Ridge PAP. The coal within the Coal Ridge permit boundary is privately <br />owned. A list of mineral ownership within the area of the SL -03 application can be found on Figure <br />2.4-1 of the Coal Ridge PAP. Reclamation work for which bond release has been requested was <br />conducted during 1994 with the remaining sediment pond on site reclaimed in 2015. <br />IL PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />Coal Ridge applied for a Phase III Bond Release for a total of 45.5 affected acres as shown on <br />Figure 1 of the SL -03 application, as well as Figure 1 of this document. This area is located in <br />Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance July 2020 <br />Phase III Bond Release SL -03 Page 1 <br />