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beginning 9 July 2020. Seneca Property LLC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit <br /> area,and other interested parties of the application for bond release,as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). <br /> No comments,written objections,or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application <br /> were received by the Division. <br /> The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on 21 July 2020. The site inspection was <br /> conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). ). The Division notified the operator, surface owners,Bureau of <br /> Land Management(BLM),the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE),and the <br /> Colorado State Land Board of the inspection via certified mail. Attendees included: <br /> o Miranda Kawcack, Seneca Properties LLC (SPL) <br /> o Christine Belka, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE) <br /> o Ana Lash,Hayden Library Director <br /> o Christine Epp,Hayden Library Board <br /> o Robin Reilley, GISP; Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining,and Safety(DRMS) <br /> DRMS conducted the bond release inspection with available sister agencies in attendance on 21 July 2020 and <br /> provided the associated inspection report to SPL,BLM,and OSMRE via electronic transmission on 30 July <br /> 2020. DRMS received the OSM inspection report from Christine Belka on 3 August 2020. <br /> Reclamation for the requested Phase III SL7 bond release areas was conducted between 1990 and 2007. The <br /> reclamation parcels selected for the SL7 bond release were seeded between 1990 and 2002. The requested <br /> lands comprise bond release block 5 (BRB5),totaling 367 acres and includes 9 acres of permanent roads. <br /> The phase III areas represent the northern portion of the BRB. Map 1 submitted with the application <br /> illustrate the parcels requested for release. Reclamation activities are documented in the Annual <br /> Reclamation Reports submitted to DRMS. All areas in this application received formal phase I bond release <br /> through permitting action SL3 and phase II release through permitting action SL5. <br /> Adequacy Review <br /> Adequacy questions were provided to SPL on 20 August 2020 requesting a sediment demonstration,water <br /> quality information and additional data on TSS for ponds and outfalls. Updates to application pages were also <br /> requested to assure that the correct year of data had been submitted. The sediment demonstration and additional <br /> water quality information was received by DRMS on 12 January 2021. <br /> II. CRITERIA and SCHEDULE for BOND RELEASE <br /> The Division evaluated Seneca Coal Company's request for phase III bond release on 367 acres in the SL7 <br /> application. Under Colorado's Permanent Program,the process of releasing the reclamation bond for a mine site <br /> is explained in Rule 3.03 and further described in the Division's 1995 Guideline Regarding Selected Coal <br /> Mining Bond Release Issues. The bond release process involves three phases. <br /> At Phase III,Rule 3.03.1(2)(c)states that: <br /> the final portion of performance bond,"shall be released when the permittee has successfully completed <br /> all surface coal mining reclamation operations in accordance with this approved reclamation plan,and <br /> Permit Number: C1982057 Page 4 of 15 <br /> Phase III <br />