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INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for Phase II and III bond release and termination of State <br />jurisdiction at the Marr Mine, Division file number C- 1980 -006. The package contains four parts. <br />These include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond <br />release; 3) observations and findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated <br />thereunder; and 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 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 Marr Mine is a Surface Mine and was permitted and operated by Kerr Coal Company. The <br />ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is Federal, State and private, and the <br />coal ownership was Federal, State and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested <br />was conducted in 1999 (mine site parcels and majority of loadout), 2011 (backfilling of former pond and <br />ditch at loadout), 2012 (seeding of former pond at loadout), and 2013 (removal of monitoring wells at <br />loadout). <br />I. PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />The Marr Mine is located in Jackson County, Colorado in the following sections (Sixth Principal <br />Meridian): <br />• TBN, R78W, Portions of Section 2 <br />• T9N, R78W, Portions of Sections 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 35 <br />• T9N, R79W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 (loadout). <br />Previous bond release actions at the Marr Mine are as follows. <br />SL -01 (approved 23 January 1996) was a Phase I application. It released 48 acres in Pit 1 and 121 acres <br />(estimated) in the 720 Pit. <br />SL -02 (approved 26 June 2001) was a Phase I and Phase II application. It released 6.9 acres at the <br />loadout (Phase I) and 169 acres in Pit 1 and the 720 Pit (Phase II). <br />SL -03 (approved 1 February 2002) was a Phase I application. It released 96.5 acres in the Marr Pit. <br />SL -04 (approved 17 November 2008) was a Phase I, II, and III application. It released: <br />• Phase I area of 64.2 acres consisting of permanent features, reclaimed ponds, and sealed wells <br />(loadout and mine site). <br />• Phase II area of 171.2 acres consisting of permanent features, reclaimed ponds, sealed wells, and <br />reclamation area at the loadout and mine site (Mary Pit and Pit 1). <br />1 <br />