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Jeff Dubbert <br />4/5/2019 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />Rule 2.04.10 — Vegetation Information <br />10. PIease review Section ILF for information regarding the threatened and endangered <br />species list for the plant species that are applicable to the Deserado Mine and update as <br />necessary. <br />Rule 2.04.11— Fish and Wildlife Resources Information <br />11. Please review Section ILG and ILH of the permit and update as necessary. Please <br />ensure that the Threatened and Endangered Species list is updated if necessary. <br />Rule 2.05.3 Operation Plan <br />12. Rule 2.05.3(8) --- Please update the information in Section III.B.3 in Volume IV of <br />the Deserado Permit as needed. This section contains information on coal mine <br />waste. Please also update Section IV.D, V.D and V.E with any new information <br />as needed. <br />13. The Division was not able to locate a time table for pond and associated structure <br />removal. Please either direct the Division to this information in the permit or <br />provide revised pages detailing the timeline for removal of ponds and other <br />hydrologic treatment facilities. <br />2.05.4(2)(b) Reclamation Cost Estimate <br />14. The cost estimate enclosed is based on the Division's best match to the tasks available in <br />CIRCES, and utilizes Unit Costs last updated by the Division in August of 2018. <br />The cost estimate was last updated with Midterm No. 7 (MT7), which resulted in a Surety <br />Reduction (SR -3). Six permitting actions have resulted in a change in liability since the <br />last update, including MR -170, MR -171, TR -71, MR -172, and MR -173. Minor Revision <br />174 (MR -174) was approved in August of 2018, but did not increase the reclamation <br />estimate. No tasks were removed as a part of the update for RN -7. <br />The required surety for the Deserado Mine, prior to the issuance of RN7, is <br />$5,719,215.25. Enclosed is the CIRCES cost estimate for RN7. Based on this estimate, <br />the liability after the approval of RN7 will be $5,801,566. The current bond held for the <br />it <br />555 Street Address, RD= 555, Denver, Co 55555-5555 P 555.555.5555 <br />