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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) to approve a request for Phase II and III bond release at the Bourg Strip Mine, Division <br />file number C-1981-021. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and <br />summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the <br />Division's proposed 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 Board 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 Bourg Strip Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Flatiron Companies. <br />The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is private. The coal ownership <br />was also private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted in 1984 <br />and in 1988. <br />Bourg Mine I Final Bond Release <br />PertnitNo.C-81-021 January 18,2000 <br />