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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 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 which was permitted and operated by Oxbow Mining, <br /> LLC. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is federal and private, and <br /> the coal ownership was federal and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was <br /> conducted between 2002 and 2010. <br /> C-1981-022 Page 2 of 16 <br />