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Peabody Sage Creek Mining LLC <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />Pre -Law Area Bond Release Request July 2013 <br />III. IDENTIFICATION OF LANDS <br />The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is located approximately nine miles southeast of the Town of <br />Hayden, Colorado. The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps of Milner and Mt. Harris, contains <br />the described permit area. The pre -law area requested is included in the following legal <br />description of the permit area that includes all or portions of the following sections: <br />T5N, R87W — Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22 <br />T6N, R87W — Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 <br />The bond release area is situated in Sections 35, T6N, R87W and is shown on Exhibit A — Pre - <br />Law Bond Request Area. <br />IV. REGULATORY PROGRAM CATEGORIES <br />All affected lands within this bond release area at PSCM fall within pre -law category. The <br />regulatory programs are identified as follows: <br />• Mined prior to August 3, 1977. (Pre -Lax <br />• Mined and reclaimed after August 3, 1977 and prior to May 3, 1978. <br />• Mined and reclaimed after May 3, 1978 and prior to the approval of the applicable regulatory <br />program or issuance of the permanent program permit (September 23, 1981). (Interim <br />Program) <br />• Mined and reclaimed after September 23, 1981. (Permanent Program) <br />The Pre -Law area is delineated on Exhibit A, Pre -Law Bond Release area. The area is further <br />discussed in Section V, Bond Release Documentation. <br />V. BOND RELEASE DOCUMENTATION <br />This bond release application applies only to the remaining Pre -Law area, therefore only the <br />following rules and regulations must be considered when evaluating the bond release requirements <br />and standards. <br />The 1986 Handbook Memorandum summarized Colorado's past reclamation laws and bond release <br />requirements on Pre -Law and Interim Program areas. The following are excerpts from the <br />Handbook (provided to SCC by Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety). <br />Bond Release on Pre -Lazy and Interim Program Areas <br />Pre -lan) areas are defined as those lands zvhich were reclaimed prior to August 3, 1977 (the date the Surface <br />Mining Control and Reclamation Act passed). <br />2 <br />