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mining land use. Grading of the site blends in with the surrounding industrial area. As per Rule <br />4.15.10, for areas to be developed for industrial use, the ground cover of living plants shall not be <br />less than required to control erosion. CAM's submission of vegetation evaluation report for the <br />Loma loadout, which is discussed earlier in this document, meets the criteria needed for a post - <br />mining land use of industrial. After visual inspections, the Division has found that surface runoff <br />leaving the site has no adverse affect to the hydrologic balance due to the erosion control <br />implemented by CAM. The current conditions of the Loma loadout are capable of supporting the <br />approved industrial post- mining land use. <br />Summary and Conclusions <br />Based upon a review of the mine permit, the applicant's bond release application, and site <br />inspections, the Division finds that CAM Mining, LLC has successfully completed all surface <br />coal mining reclamation operations in accordance with the approved reclamation plan and met <br />all requirements of the Act and the Rules. <br />IV. PROPOSED DECISION <br />Based on the observations above, the Division proposes to approve CAM Mining, LLC's request <br />for a combination Phase I, II and III bond release for the Munger Canyon. This proposed <br />decision will release the applicant from liability for backfilling, grading, and drainage <br />reestablishment for the requested Phase I; topsoil redistribution and establishment of vegetation <br />for the requested Phase II, and all reclamation work for the requested Phase III. The 0.09 of <br />redisturbed acreage of the waste pile discussed under the section Phase II of this document will <br />be excluded from this bond release request. <br />The Division holds a performance bond of $65,966.00 for the Munger Canyon Mine. This <br />amount is $0.74 more than the current liability of $65,965.26. The Division proposes to release <br />$24,135.04 of the performance bond with the SL -2 bond release. The Division estimates its cost <br />to complete remaining reclamation work at the site to be $38,818.56. This amount is sufficient to <br />assure completion of the remaining reclamation work at the site if the work had to be performed <br />by the Division, including the cost of reestablishing vegetation on any revegetated areas, should <br />those areas fail. With the releasable amount of $24,135.04, the Division will still hold a bond in <br />the amount of $41,831 which is $3,012.40 more than the minimum required liability to fully <br />reclaim the remaining disturbed areas of the Munger Canyon Mine. Cost break -downs can be <br />located in the Tables Section attached at the end of this document. <br />PHASE I <br />Based on the observations above, the Division proposes to release a total of $1,365.88 of bond <br />for the Phase I request of SL -2. Based on the total applicable bond of $263,445.00 held prior to <br />SL -1, the total amount of released liability including SL -2 for Phase I will be $147,225.88 for the <br />Munger Canyon Mine. See Table 4. As per Rule 3.03.1(2)(a), up to 60% of the applicable bond <br />amount shall be released when the permittee successfully completes backfilling, regarding, and <br />drainage control in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The total amount of <br />proposed releasable liability for Phase I bond release equals to 55.88% of the total applicable <br />