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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 Bourg Mine; <br />Northgate L.oadout, Division file number C-81-021. The package contains four parts. These <br />include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for <br />bond release; 3) observations and findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond <br />release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations <br />promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision on the request for bond <br />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 offices, <br />located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Bourg Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Walden Coal Company. <br />The ownership. of the land for which bond release has been requested is privately owned. This <br />site was used as a rail loadout and no coal was mined from this site. Reclamation for which <br />bond release has been requested was conducted in 1988. <br />