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<br />2 <br />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 I bond release at the New Horizon *Mine, Division file <br />number C-81-008. 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 findings of the <br />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 document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation <br />operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The New Horizon Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by Western Fuels-Colorado, <br />LLC. The land for which bond release has been requested is privately owned and coal which was <br />mined from the area was privately owned. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was <br />conducted at vazious times from 1994 through 1995. <br />