REV16459

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/15/1993
• Doc Name: PHASE III BOND LIABILITY RELEASE REQUEST BLOCK A MINE 2 PN C-81-071
• From: DMG
• To: COLO YAMPA COAL CO
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF MINERALS AND OGY
Department of Natural Resourc
1313 Sherman SI , Room ? 15
Denver, CO 80203
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FAX:[phone]-RIOR I /I_A47
July 15, 1993 /~ ~
Mr. Richard Mills 1
Colorado Yampa Coal Comp
29587 Routt County Road No. 27
Oak Creek, CO 80467
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Governor
Michael B. Long
Division Director
RE: Phase III Bond Liability Release Request, Block A, Mine 2, Permit No. C-81-071
Dear Mr. Mills:
Recently, a decision was made by the Division denying the processing of the Block A
Bond Release application for Mine 2, Permit No. C-81-071. Based on discussions
within the Division since that time, we would like to inform you that the Division
has decided to accept and review that application. Therefore, this reverses the
decision stated in our June 22, 1993 correspondence to you.
The reversal of this decision is for this application only; it does not apply to
future bond release applications. Specifically, the Division is operating under the
scenario outlined in the following example:
The operator collects data during the growing seasons of the last two years of
the liability period. At the earliest, this would be the summers of
years 9 and 10 after the last seeding or later for other parcels which have
had interseeding or other reclamation work after the initial seeding. ,4{,I,.Ir-1.d1
Regardless, the application would be filed with the Division in the fall~of
the same yea the second consecutive vegetation sampling effort. Given
completeness requizements for bond release applications, adequacy review, and
probable weather complications it is likely that field inspection would not
occur until the following summer (June or early July). In short, the
application for bond release would follow the second consecutive year of
vegetation sampling by no more than 3-4 months.
Formal policy concerning final bond release process is being developed currently and
will be forwarded to all coal operations shortly.
We are currently proceeding with our adequacy review and hope to schedule a bond
release inspection shortly thereafter.
If you have other requests for bond release which have the similar situation ae
Block A, please contact us immediately with the specifics for each of these so they
can be handled appropriately.
if you have questions, please call me.
Sincerely,
Kent A. Gorham
Reclamation Specialist
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