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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-4 Page 2 of 10 <br />