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I. INTRODUCTION <br />The Seneca II -W Mine is located approximately seven miles south of the Town of Hayden, <br />Colorado off of Routt County Road 53. Seneca II -W is a largely reclaimed surface type coal <br />mine non - federal surface. Coal extraction began at Seneca II -W in 1990 and ceased in January <br />2006, due to a combination of difficult mining conditions and economic factors. During the life <br />of the mine over 12 million tons of coal was produced. Reclamation grading, topsoil <br />replacement and seeding of the mine pit areas have been completed. A copy of the complete <br />approved permit is located in the Sage Creek Coal Company office, 36600 RCR 27, Hayden, <br />Colorado. <br />This application is submitted in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues (April 18, 1995), Rule 3.03 <br />Release of Performance Bonds. <br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC (SCC), Seneca II -W Mine submitted an initial Phase I Bond release <br />request (SL -2) in April 2009 and received partial release of the II -W mine area in June 2010. A <br />second Phase I release request (SL -3) was submitted in July 2010 and received partial release in <br />May 2011. A third formal Phase I bond release request (SL -4) was submitted in November 2012 <br />and is waiting for a notice of decision for release. This submittal represents a Phase II bond <br />release request (SL -5) that includes areas that have had topsoil replaced and has been revegetated <br />between 1990 and 2005. <br />II. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS <br />Date of Request ---------------------- <br />Permittee ------------------------------ <br />Permit Number---------------- - - - - -- <br />Date Permit was Approved - - - - - -- <br />Mine Name --------------------- - - - - -- <br />Phase of Bond Release requested <br />Total Acres within Permit <br />May 2013 <br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC <br />C -1982 -057 <br />December 31, 1985 <br />Seneca II -W Mine <br />Phase II (SL -5) <br />3,878.5 <br />Total Acres Disturbed ----------------------- - - - - -- 1,290.2 <br />Number of Acres Requested for Release- - - - - -- 859.5 <br />Reclamation Liability (Bond Amount) --- - - - - -- $ 6,255,553 <br />Dollar Amount Requested for Release --- - - - - -- $ 3,280,502 <br />SL -5 -1 <br />