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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) in response to a request for Phase III bond release at the Chimney Rock Mine, Division file <br />number C-81-023. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of <br />the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and fmdings of <br />the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4} the Division's proposed <br />decision on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this <br />document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and <br />reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located <br />at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Chimney Rock Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Kaiser Ventures <br />Inc. The land for which bond release has been requested is privately owned and coal nvned from the <br />area was both private and federally owned. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested <br />was conducted at various times from 1983 through 1994. <br />The Chimney Rock Mine permit azea is located in Archuleta County, approximately 17 miles SW <br />of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The mine azea is located in portions of Sections 29 and 30, Township <br />34 North, Range 4 West and is described specifically as follows: <br />EXHH3IT B (AVF Area) <br />SEC.30 T34N, R4W, 6th P.M. <br />COUNTY OF ARCAULETA, STATE OF COLORADO <br />SHEET 1 OF 1 <br />EXHIBIT B <br />BEARINGS ARE BASED FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID <br />SECTION 30 OF TOWNSHII' 34 NORTH RANGE 4 WEST SLYTH PRINCIPAL <br />MERIDIAN ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO. AT A DISTANCE OF 1982.79 <br />FEET NORTH 28° 28' 52.083" WEST, SAH) POINT BEING THE POINT OF <br />BEGINNING; <br />THENCE SOUTH 84° 54' 24,497" WEST A DISTANCE OF 215.42 FEET; <br />THENCE SOUTH 87° 3' 56.864" WEST A DISTANCE OF 266,85 FEET; <br />THENCE SOUTH 89° 3T 58,407" WEST A DISTANCE OF 213.21 FEET; <br />THENCE NORTH 81° 11' 15.878" WEST A DISTANCE OF 191.37 FEET; <br />