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I. INTRODUCTION <br />Purpose of this Document <br />The purpose of this document is to present the findings of compliance for a proposed decision of <br />the Division for this partial Phase I, and complete Phase II and Phase III, bond release request, <br />The Hayden Gulch Terminal, Ina (HGTI) holds a Colorado State permit (C-1980-003) for <br />conducting coal mining and reclamation operations at the Hayden Gulch Mine. The State of <br />Colorado holds a corporate surety bond from HGTI for reclamation at the site. HGTI (the <br />operator of the mine} submitted this partial and final bond release request to the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (Division). This release is for all the remaining bond and <br />reclamation liability of the site. The Division file number for the bond release application is SL- <br />04. <br />Divisious of this Document <br />This document contains the following four parts: <br />1) Procedures and summary of the bond release process; <br />2) Criteria and schedule for bond releases (Phases I, II and Phase III); <br />3) Observations and findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (Act) and the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining <br />(Regulations), for Phases I, II and Phase III, sepazately; and <br />4) The Division's proposed decision on the request for bond release. <br />Table of Contents <br />I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... <br />Purpose of this Document .......................................................... <br />Divisions of this Document ......................................................... <br />Table of Contents ........................................................................ <br />Background Information Sources ............................................. <br />Location of Hayden Gulch Mine ............................................... <br />Land and Coal Ownership at the Haydeu Gulch Mine........... <br />Lands included in the Bond Release Request ........................... <br />Dollar Amount of Boud Release Request .................................. <br />II. SUMMARY OF THE BOND RELEASE PROCESS ............. <br />Summary of the Process ............................................................. <br />Reclamation History of the Hayden Gulch Miue ..................... <br />Reclaimed Areas of Previous Bond Releases ............................ <br />Hayden Gulch Mine Page 2 July 31, 2006 <br />SL-04 <br />