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1 <br />r <br />2 <br />Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (the Division) in response to a request for <br />Partial Phase One bond release at the Hayden Gulch Mine, Division file <br />number C-80-003. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) <br />procedures and summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and <br />schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the <br />Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations <br />promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision on the <br />request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act <br />and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for <br />Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document are contained <br />within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and <br />reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file <br />at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in <br />Denver, Colorado. <br />The Hayden Gulch Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and <br />operated by H-G Coal Company. This partial Phase One bond release <br />application is for that part of the Hayden Gulch Mine that is located <br />west of County Road 53. The land for which partial bond release has <br />been requested is privately owned and coal which was mined from the <br />area was county and privately owned. Reclamation for which partial <br />bond release has been requested was conducted in the fall of 1982, <br />1987, and 1996. <br />