2023-11-03_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/3/2023
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
• Type & Sequence: SL22
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: ZTT
• Email Name: AME
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process
III. Criteria for Bond Release
IV. Observations and Findings
V. Proposed Decision
Attachments:
Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages
Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts
Table 3. SL-22 Releasable Amount
Table 4. Topsoil Verification Depths
Figure 1. SL-22 Location Map
Figure 2. SL-22 Topsoil Verification Locations
I. INTRODUCTION
This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
Safety (Division)in response to a request for Partial Phase H Bond Release at the Colowyo Coal
Mine,Permit Number C-1981-019, bond release application number SL-22. This Findings
document contains five parts. These include: 1)Introduction; 2)Procedures and Summary of the
Bond Release Process; 3)Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of
the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal
Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 5)the Division's
Proposed Decision on the request for bond release.
Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this
document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and
reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division office,located
at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215,in Denver, Colorado.
The Colowyo Coal Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal
Company, LP (Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 26,173.14 acres. The Colowyo
Coal Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south
of the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13.
The land for which bond release has been requested is owned by Colowyo. The coal within the area
which is being requested with SL-22 is owned by the Bureau of Land Management(BLM).
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance November 3,2023
Partial Phase 11 Bond Release SL-22 Page 1