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INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />(Division) in response to a request for Phase I bond release at the Seneca II-W Mine, Permit Number C- <br />1982-057. 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 Division <br />regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated there under; 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 document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Seneca II-W Mine is a surface mine which was permitted and operated by Seneca Coal Company <br />(SCC). The Seneca II-W Mine is located approximately seven miles south of the town of Hayden in <br />Routt County off County Road 53. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been <br />requested is mostly private with some State and Federal surface lands; the coal ownership was Federal, <br />state and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted during the life <br />of mining (1990 through 2006) and was completed in 2007. <br />2