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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu <br />999 <br /> <br />OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF h11NERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl nl N, rural Rewurces I <br />I ] 13 Sherman 51.. Room ? I S <br />Denver, Colorado 80?03 DIVISION O F <br />Phone. (303186h-)567 MINERAL S <br />FAX: 13031 83?-0106 & <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•$AFETY <br />March d. 1999 <br /> Bill Owens <br />Mitchell S. Rollings Governor <br />Office of Surface Minin <br />g Greg E. Walther <br />~ Executive Oireaor <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center Michael B. Long <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Divisron Director <br />Denver, CO 80202-733 <br />Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-80-001) <br />Bond Release Application No. 5 (SL-5) <br />Dear Mr. Rollings: <br />Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. has applied for a bond release at the Edna Strip Mine. The bond <br />release application was found complete by this Division on Mazch 2, 1999. P & M seeks release of <br />$73,559.00 from the performance bonds for aeeas with the reclamation liability covered under Permit <br />C-80-001. Permit C-80-001 was originally issued November 16, 1981. Reclamation work in the areas <br />for which bond release is requested includes grading, topsoil replacement and revegetation. <br />Reclamation activities took place from 1981 to 1988. <br />The Edna Mine is located northwest of Oak Creek in Routt County, Colorado. The areas affected by <br />this request are located west of the 6'" PM and aze contained in Sections 13 and 24, T4N, R86W, and <br />Section 18 and 19, T4N, R85W. The areas encompass approximately 63.6 acres. The surface <br />ownership is federal, state and private, and the coal mined was federal. <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon <br />as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days <br />of our inspection. <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sinc1ereJly, ' <br />~`~~/Tc <br />S/ands L. Brown <br />~~w-r~_ <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />SBl/JRC <br />XI'\oss\jrcUemp\CSL03001 Snl <br />