GENERAL35341

• Permit No: C1981021
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/18/2000
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR SL4
• From: Phase II & III
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

L PROCEDURES AND SUbINL4RY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS
Flatiron Companies applied for a Phase II~and Phase ~ bond release under the Co
Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act following reclamation and completion of I
year liability at the Bourg Strip Mine. The mine is on private lands within Jackson C
Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is:
SI/2, SE1/4 Section 7 and N1/2, NE1/4 Section 18, R9N, R78W, Jackson
Colorado
The Bourg Strip Mine has been in existence since July, 1980 and has operated
permit Nos. 79-125 and C-81-021 issued by the Colorado Mined Land Recla.
Board. Mining operations at the Bourg Strip Mine ceased in 1987 and the mine si
fully reclaimed. Of the original 173 acres permitted for disturbance, approximate
acres were disturbed. Backfilling and final grading were achieved on 29 acres kn~
the East Dump in 1983. Seeding was completed the last week of September,
Backfilling and final grading were completed at the remainder of the mine site is
October of 1988. Seeding took place the following week. Grading and seeding
acres at the Northgate loadout were also completed in October of 1988.
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A Phase I bond release request was approved in December, 1989. The bond was r uced
sixty percent from $536,000.00 to $214,400.00. A Phase II and III bond release r quest
was approved in April, 1996 for the Northgate Loadout. The bond liability was redu ed by
$3,839.00, but Flatiron Companies did not reduce the bond to reflect the decre se in
liability.
The application for final bond release was received by the Division on August 6, 999.
The application was deemed complete on September 9, 1999, after the Division re eived
proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. Flatiron Companies published once
of the bond release application in The Jackson County Star once weekly fo four
consecutive weeks, beginning August 5, 1999. Flatiron Companies also n tified
landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested pa ~es of
the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No comments, tten
objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release appli anon
were received by the Division.
The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on October 6, 1999.
Participating in the inspection were Scott Patten of the Flatiron Companies, Rand Pair
representing the Office of Surface Mining and Sandra Brown representing DMG. e site
inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). A follow-up was con ucted
on November 19, 1999.
Bourg Mine 2 Final and Release
Permit No. C-81-021 Jan I8, 2000