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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division) in response to a request for partial Phase I, II and III bond release at the Elk Creek Mine, <br />Division file number C-1981-022. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and <br />summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the <br />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 document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Elk Creek Mine is an underground mine, permitted and operated by Oxbow Mining, LLC (Oxbow). <br />The ownership of the surface and the minerals of the parcels for which bond release has been requested <br />is federal and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted between <br />1996 and 2017. <br />C-1981-022, SL-2 Page 2 of 23 <br />