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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />W rIPAY IIFPOI N <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 <br />Apri17, 2000 <br />Mr Michael Long, Director <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />~t~r/EIVE~ <br />APR 11 2000 <br />`Divia~,. ~ ~.~ ~nioeral9 8 GEOkeJ <br />Re: Proposed Decision to Approve a Phase I Bond Release (SL-7) at the Edna Mine, Division <br />of Minerals and Geology (DMG) Permit C-80-001 <br />Dear Mr. Long: <br />This letter acknowledges the Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) receipt and review of DMG's <br />proposed decision for a Phase I bond release on the cited area which includes Federal lands. <br />Coal ownership is Federal and private. Surface lands ownership is Federal and private. OSM is <br />in agreement with the proposed decision and hereby provides OSM concurrence with the bond <br />release in accordance with 30 CFR 906.30(24). <br />DMG documented its bond release inspection findings in the proposed decision. The proposed <br />decision also documents the correct filing and advertising of the public notice and landowner <br />notifications. DMG did not receive any comments, objections, or requests for an informal <br />conference regarding the bond release application. The Bureau of Land Management issued a <br />concurrence on the release dated March 13, 2000. <br />This bond release concurrence is only an acknowledgment that the Edna Mine has met the <br />standards for Phase I bond release on the 258.0 acres identified in the application. The title page <br />of [he proposed decision references SL-7 as a final bond release, however, it is a Phase I release. <br />DMG holds a current performance bond for $5,042,176 for the entire Edna Mine area. DMG <br />proposes to release $464,143 of the performance bond for this Phase I release. Under separate <br />decisions, DMG has also proposed releasing $663,590 for bond release SL-6 and $74,599 for <br />bond release SL-5 on the Edna Mine. <br />If you have any questions, please contact Mitch Rollings at 303-844-1400 ext 1445. <br />Sincerely, <br />J~~~ ~= ~~ <br />James F. Fulton, Chief <br />Denver Field Division <br />cc: BLM -Little Snake Resource Area <br />Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. <br />