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EST °` T?F United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />g Uncompahgre Field Office <br />2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />www.co.bim.gov <br />In Reply Refer to: LLCOS05000, 1320 <br />April 11, 2011 <br />Howard E. Strand, Management/Program Analyst <br />Office of Surface Mining, Western Region <br />Denver Field Division <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202-3050 <br />RE: Bear Mine (Permit No. C-1981-033) Bond Release Application No. 4 <br />Dear Mr. Strand: <br />TAKE PRIDE' <br />INAMERICA <br />In response to your request, we have reviewed the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and <br />Safety (DBMS) "Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance" dated March 31, 2011 for a <br />Phase I Bond Release (SL-4) regarding the Bear No. 3 Mine reclamation including structural <br />removal and backfilling and grading over 7.5 acres of the disturbed area. <br />We are aware that the lands covered in the request are fee surface lands and the mining activities <br />occurred on. subsurface federal coal. The reclamation and the DBMS review process <br />documented in the DRMS report referred to above are satisfactory to BLM with necessary <br />resolutions apparently reached with private surface owners. Therefore, if the surface owners are <br />satisfied with the work completed, then the BLM has no objection to the Bond Release. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me at 970-240-5302. <br />Sincerely, <br />Uncompahgre Field Office Mining Engineer