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Introduction <br />This document is the approval package proposed by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for Phase II bond release for the Meadows No. 1 Mine, Division file <br />number C-81-029. The package contains three parts. These include: 1) a summary of the review <br />process; 2) written findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations <br />promulgated thereunder; and 3) the final proposed decision to approve the request for partial <br />bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of <br />the 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, located <br />at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado, and at the Routt County Courthouse <br />in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. <br />The Meadows No. 1 Mine is a surface mine which was operated by Sun Coal Company (Sun). <br />Sun mined privately owned coal from the Pinnacle seam until February 1981. Permit No. <br />C-81-029 was issued in August 1983, for reclamation operations only. The mine was backfilled <br />and graded in the Fall of 1983, and was seeded the following Spring. <br />Meadows Na. 1 Mine 2 Phax II Bond Release <br />