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for 2016 and 2017 concur with the soil loss comparison. <br />Summary and Conclusions <br />Based upon a review of the mine permit, the applicant's bond release application, and site inspections, the <br />Division finds that BRL has replaced topsoil in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. BRL has <br />established vegetation which supports the approved post mine land use and meets the approved success <br />standard for vegetative cover. The Division finds that the reclaimed area subject to this bond release is <br />not contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of premining <br />levels or in excess of adjacent nonmined areas. <br />IV. PROPOSED DECISION <br />Based on the observations above, the Division proposes to Approve Bowie Resources, LLC's request for <br />a partial Phase I and partial Phase II bond release for the Bowie No. 1 Mine. This proposed decision will <br />release the applicant from 2.31 acres of Phase I liability for backfilling, grading, and drainage <br />reestablishment associated with the Waste Pile Pond, Binwall Pond 1, Binwall Pond 2, Binwall Pond 3, <br />Binwall Pond 4, and the Timber Storage Area/ROM Pile Pond. This Proposed Decision will also release <br />the applicant from 58.84 acres of Phase II liability for topsoil redistribution and establishment of <br />vegetative cover. <br />When determining the amount to be released under a bond release request, the Division is required to <br />limit the release amounts to the percentages allowed under Rule 3.03.1(2), and ensure that the release <br />amount does not result in the Division holding less bond than would be required to complete reclamation <br />of the site in the event of a forfeiture (Rule 3.03.1(3)3(d)). A review of the minimum bond retention <br />amount, compared to the estimated costs to complete the remaining tasks for which liability has not been <br />released, indicates that the Division may not release the maximum amount allowed under Rule 3.03.1(2) <br />for this SL -6 bond release request. <br />The reclamation liability for the Bowie No. 1 Mine prior to any approved bond releases was calculated <br />with Permit RenewalNo. 4 (RN -4) to be $6,879,590.12. The Division subsequently approved four <br />Minor Revisions and eleven Technical Revisions prior to any approved bond releases, totaling <br />$118,677.31 in reclamation liability. The total pre-release liability for the site should therefore have <br />been $6,998,267.43 ($6,879,590.12 + $118,677.31). Unfortunately, approvals of bond release <br />applications SL -2, SL -3, and SL -4 were based on the $6,879,590.12 amount, instead of the <br />$6,998,267.43 amount. The Division corrected this with SL -5. Therefore, the determination of <br />maximum release amounts (Table 1) is based on a total of $6,998,267.43. <br />Permit Number C-1981-038 Page 8 of 11 <br />