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Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />SL-16 Phase II Bond Release Application <br /> <br />I. General <br /> <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo), Permit No. C-1981-019, is submitting this application <br />for Phase I, II, and III performance bond release. Colowyo is requesting 5.5 acres be Phase I, II <br />and III released with this application. The current bond amount for the Colowyo Mine is <br />$117,651,084.00. Colowyo currently holds a surety-bond in the amount of $119,000,000.00. <br />With this application, Colowyo will be requesting relinquishment of 60% of the base bond held <br />for the Phase I, and 25% of the base bond held for the Phase II, and 100% of the base bond held <br />for the Phase III area applied for under this application. <br /> <br />II. Summary Information <br /> <br />A. General Location Description <br /> <br />The 5.5 acres requested for Phase I, II, and III release are located within Moffat County, <br />Colorado, in the following general location: <br /> <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 2 – N ½ <br />Section 3 – NW ¼ <br /> <br />Please see Map 1 for the exact location applied for in this application. <br /> <br />B. Public Notice <br /> <br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board published <br />August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et <br />seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase I through III Bond Release <br />for 5.5 acres at the Colowyo Mine site. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal <br />Mine, Permit No. C-1981-019, Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, <br />Meeker, Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203, and approved by the Division on February 27, 2023 (latest Permit <br />Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. <br /> <br />The 5.5 acres of Phase I, II, and III bond release areas being applied for are a permanent <br />structure (permanent impoundment) and post mining channel and both will remain as constructed <br />post mining. The area being applied for is shown on Map 1 within the application. Listed below <br />is a general legal description of these areas: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 2 – N ½ <br />Section 3 – NW ¼ <br />