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iii iiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />Colorado Yampa Coal Company <br />COLORADO YAMPA 29515 Routt County Road #27 <br />~ COAL COMPANY Oak Creek, Colorado 80467 <br />A Cyprus Amax Company (970) 879-3800 <br />September 3 , 1997 <br />'~ <br />' ~~=t^~t\/wD <br />L. <br />Janet Binns 5tr p 5 1997 <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Division of ~.~~~~r~a~5 a ueplogy <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Request for Phase III Bond Liability Release. East and West Blocks Permit C-81- <br />071. Mine 2 <br />Dear Ms Binns: <br />Enclosed is CYCC's bond release request for the East and West Blocks under the above <br />referenced permit. This request is being submitted pursuant to Rule 3.03.2 of the DMG <br />Regulations and is being submitted in accordance with the previously established <br />timeframes. CYCC is requesting final release of liability on the reclamation which <br />comprise the East and West Blocks of Mine 2, for a total bond reduction of $95,480. The <br />currently approved postmining landuse within which the blocks are located is pastureland. <br />These areas were reclaimed in accordance with the approved reclamation plan and were <br />seeded between September of 1976 and October of 1982 using the approved seed <br />mixture, with the seed mixture being shown on attached Table A of the enclosed request <br />package. Given that these parcels have been effectively reclaimed, are adequately <br />controlling erosion, and meet or exceed the standard as established by the associated <br />Pasture Reference Area, CYCC feels that reclamation has been successfully completed <br />and that the reclamation bond associated with this block should be released from both <br />Phase 11 and Phase III liability. <br />The total acreage for which release is being requested is 477.4 acres (as denoted on the <br />enclosed map). The East Block contains 145.6 acres, and the West Block contains 331.8 <br />acres. Each block was sampled per the criteria established with the Division. <br />The summary values for cover, production, and sample adequacy for the East Block may <br />be found on Summary Tables 1 and 2 for 1995 and on Summary Tables 3 and 4 for <br />1996. Please note that the bond release values reflect the incorporation of desirable <br />