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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources - <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L D IZA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 M 1 N& A L$ <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATIO N•MINING <br /> SAFETY•SCIENCE <br />October 7, 2003 <br /> Bill Owens <br />James Fulton Governor <br />Office of Surface Minin <br />g Greg E. Walther <br /> Executive Director <br />1999 Broadway <br />Suite 3320 <br />, Ronald W. Cattany <br />P.O. Box 4667 Division Director <br />Denver, CO 80201-4667 Natural Resou¢e Trustee <br />Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1980-001) <br />Bond Release Application No. 8 (SL-8) <br />Deaz Mr. Fulton: <br />Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. has applied for a bond release at the Edna Strip Mine. The bond <br />release application was found complete by [his Division on October 6, 2003. The applicant requests <br />partial Phases I, II, and III (final) bond release in the amount of $1,001,531.00 from a performance <br />bond having a total value of $3,839,884.00. The bond release request is for reclamation work <br />completed from 1992 through 1996 on approximately 15.6 acres. The work included facilities removal, <br />revegetation, and drainage reestablishment. The bond release parcel is located in Section 19, T4N, <br />R85W, approximately 3 miles north of the town of Oak Creek. The bond release area includes the road <br />known as the Goat Trail, the former conveyor corridor, and part of the Oak Creek facilities area. The <br />surface ownership is Federal, state and private, and the coal mined was Federal. <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon <br />as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days <br />of our inspection. <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />r~ ~~~ <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />TAK/Jrc <br />CSL-03 C19N0001 TAK_2003IOOt X4222 AM.doc <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and InaRive Mines Geological Survey <br />