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I. INTRODUCTION Purpose of this Document This document presents the findings of compliance and the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) for Phase I, II, and III (final) bond release on approximately 3.3 acres at the Edna Mine. The mining and reclamation permit number is C- 1980-001 (permit). The Division file number for the bond release application is SL-09. The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. (P & M), the operator of the mine, submitted the bond release request to the Division. P & M is requesting release of $226,163 of reclamation bond that is secured by a bond in the amount of $3,071,961. The Edna Mine was a surface coal mine that utilized area strip methods to extract coal. The area for which bond release is being requested (the bond release area) is land disturbed by mining operations, but not due to stripping for the extraction of coal. The disturbances were associated with office and coal load-out support facilities. P & M owns all of the land surface in the bond release area. The postmining land use of the 3.3 acres was approved as industrial in the reclamation plan of the permit. No part of this bond release applies to the permitted mine disturbances within the permit area, located adjacent and to the north of the areas of this application, on properties (surface) of the Charter Oak Coal Corporation and the Coloroutt Coal Company. Contents of this Document This document contains the following five parts: I. Introduction; II. Summary of the Bond Release Process; III. Approval Criteria for Bond Release; IV. Observations and Findings; and V. Proposed Decision. Back round Information Sources Detailed information about the bond release review process can be found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, and in the Guideline ReQardinv Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues, dated April 18, 1995. All "Sections" referenced within this document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about mining and reclamation operations at Edna Mine can be found in mining and reclamation permit application C-80-001 on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado.