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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 the Phase I bond release of the Eastside Mine, Division <br /> file number C-84-063. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and <br /> summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations <br /> and findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the <br /> Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and <br /> 4) the Division's 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 <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, located <br /> at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br /> The Eastside Mine was an underground mine operated by the Eastside Coal Company between <br /> 1984 and 1995. The surface and coal are both privately owned by Helen Christine "Nell" <br /> Eldridge. The mine was reclaimed in the summer of 1995. <br /> I. PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br /> Eastside Coal Company applied for partial bond release under the Colorado Surface Coal <br /> Mining Reclamation Act following reclamation of the Eastside Mine. The mine is located in <br /> Garfield County, south of Harvey Gap. The mine area is located in the NE 1/4, Section 24, <br /> TSS, R92W of the 6th Prime Meridian. <br /> An application for Phase I bond release was received by the Division on August 31, 1995. The <br /> application was deemed complete on October 17, 1995, after the Division received proof of <br /> publication of the applicant's public notice. Eastside Coal Company published notice of the <br /> bond release application in the Glenwood Post once weekly for four consecutive weeks, <br /> beginning September 12, 1995. Eastside Coal Company also notified land owners within and <br /> adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond <br /> release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). <br /> No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond <br /> release application were received by the Division. The Division scheduled and conducted a <br /> bond release inspection on November 15, 1995. The site inspection was conducted in <br /> accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The Division notified the landowner of the inspection by <br />