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INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />(DBMS) in response to a request for Phase I bond release at the Seneca II Mine, DBMS file number C- <br />1980-005, The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond <br />release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the DBMS <br />regazding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated there under; and 4) the DRMS's proposed decision on the <br />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 />aze contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the DBMS offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Seneca II Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Seneca Coal Company <br />(SCC). The Seneca II Mine is located approximately nine miles southeast of the Town of Hayden, <br />Colorado. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is State and private, <br />and the coal ownership was Federal, state and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been <br />requested was conducted during the life of mining (1972 through 2005). <br />2 <br />