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Introduction <br /> This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety <br /> (the Division)in response to a request for Partial Phase II bond release at the Elk Creek Mine, Division <br /> file number C-1981-022. The package contains four parts. These include: 1)procedures and summary <br /> of the bond release process; 2)criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the <br /> Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br /> and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4)the Division's proposed decision <br /> 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 /> 2015 and 2017. <br /> C-1981-022,SL-3 Page 2 of 10 <br />