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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F (303) 832-8106 https://drms.colorado.gov <br />Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />March 4, 2021 <br /> <br />Desty Dyer <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />2505 S. Townsend Ave. <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022) <br /> Bond Release Application No. 2 (SL-2) <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Dyer: <br /> <br />This letter, in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(5)(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, is to inform you that the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety has issued a proposed decision to approve Bond Release <br />Application No. 2 (SL-2) for the Elk Creek Mine. This decision will be published in the Delta <br />County Independent, as soon as possible. Publication of the notice initiates a thirty (30) day public <br />comment period. If, within thirty days, there are no requests for an adjudicatory hearing, the <br />decision will become final. <br /> <br />SL-2 releases approximately 138.74 acres of reclaimed surface facilities, coal waste piles, mine <br />ventilation boreholes, drill pads and associated roads, as well as facilities that have been <br />repurposed for industrial or commercial uses. Reclamation work was completed in the areas <br />requested for release between 1996 and 2017. SL-2 releases 60% of the bond applicable to 66.05 <br />acres released from Phase I reclamation liability (West Valley Fill, II West Valley Fill, and a <br />portion of the Gob Vent Boreholes and associated pads and roads), 85% of the bond applicable to <br />70.36 acres released from Phase I & II reclamation liability (Bear Creek B-Seam Portal & Fansite <br />(US Steel), Lower Hubbard Creek facilities area, Hubbard Creek Fan #1 Site, and a portion of the <br />Gob Vent Boreholes and associated pads and roads), and 100% of the bond applicable to 2.33 <br />acres released from Phase I, II & III reclamation liability (Bear Creek Fansite (leased to Vessels). <br />As an interested party, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing as outlined under Rule <br />3.03.2(6) of the Rules and Regulations. The request for an adjudicatory hearing must be written <br />and state with specificity the reasons why the hearing is requested. The request must be received <br />within thirty days of the first publication of the proposed decision in the Delta County Independent. <br />