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67.95 acres; Phase III release for 215.5 acres; and release of 24.06 acres that were undisturbed. The <br />releases were approved on December 21, 2001. <br />SL -08 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 85.64 acres of Mine 2. The release was approved on <br />October 25, 2002. <br />SL -09 granted WFC full bond release for 21 groundwater monitoring wells and 27 exploration boreholes <br />at the New Horizon Mine 1 and 2. The release was approved on July 16, 2007. <br />SL -10 approved Phase I bond release for reclamation of the CCC Ditch temporary irrigation line. The <br />release was approved on October 22, 2007. <br />SL -11 approved Phase I bond release for 116.52 acres and Phase II bond release for 300.04 acres. The <br />release was approved on June 12, 2009. <br />SL -12 requested Phase II bond release for 26.8 acres and Phase III bond release for 149.9 acres. The <br />application was withdrawn on June 13, 2012. <br />SL -13 approved Phase I bond release on 100.16 acres and Phase II and III on 7.22 acres. The application <br />was approved on November 4, 2013. <br />SL -14 requested Phase II bond release for 26.8 acres and Phase III bond release on 216.7 acres. The <br />application was withdrawn on July 25, 2013. <br />SL -15 requested Phase II bond release for 77.4 acres. The application was submitted on July 23, 2015 <br />and was deemed complete on August 12, 2015. The application is currently under review. <br />51-16 was received by the Division on August 3, 2015. The application was deemed complete on <br />September 11, 2015, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. WFC <br />published notice of the bond release application in San Miguel Basin Forum once weekly for four <br />consecutive weeks, beginning July 16, 2015. WFC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the <br />mine permit area and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule <br />3.03.2(1). No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond <br />release application were received by the Division <br />The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on September 24, 2015 at 9 am. The site <br />inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). In attendance for the inspection were: Mike <br />Morgan (landowner), JoEllen Turner (landowner), Frank Ferris (WFC), Trevor Ragsdale (WFC), Tom <br />Medlin (OSMRE) and Brock Bowles (DRMS). Mike Morgan and JoEllen Turner were the only <br />landowners who own land affected by this bond release. They were notified of the inspection by certified <br />mail. <br />No written objections or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application were <br />received by the Division. <br />