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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 II and III bond release at the Mine No. 2, Division permit <br />number C-81-071. Mine No. 2 was originally permitted under permit no. 79-177. The package <br />contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond release process; 2) <br />criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the Division regazding <br />compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision on <br />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 />Mine No. 2 is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Colorado Yampa Coal Company. <br />The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is privately owned and the coal <br />ownership was private and federal. Federal coal leases C-0128433 and C-081330 were mined. <br />Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted between 1976 and fall of <br />1982. <br />