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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 final bond release on an 18 acre parcel at the Cazbon Junction <br />Mine, Division file number C-92-080. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures <br />and summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations <br />and findings of the Division regazding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's <br />proposed decision on 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 E3oard 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 />The Carbon Junction Mine is a 255 acre private surface mine which was permitted and operated by <br />Oakridge Energy, Inc. The land for which the bond liability release has been requested is privately <br />owned and coal which was mined from the area was privately owned. The post mine land use of the <br />area for which bond release is proposed is industrial/commercial. This 18 acre parcel had minimal <br />disturbance and will be redisturbed during the construction of a private golf course, which has been <br />approved by the city and county planning board. <br />