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Sec. 17: NE'/4NW1/4, and NW'/4NE'/4,North of the Centerline of the River and <br /> Town of Somerset <br /> Township 13 South,Range 91 West, 6th PM— <br /> Sec. 1: All <br /> Sec. 2: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, S'/2NW'/4, S'/2NE'/4, SE'/4,N'/2SW'/4 <br /> Sec. 3: Lots 1, 2, 3, S'/2NE'/4,N'/2SE'/4 <br /> Sec. 11: E'/2NE'/4 <br /> Sec. 12: All <br /> Sec. 13: Lot 1,N'/2NE'/4 <br /> No bond has previously been released for the Elk Creek Mine. <br /> An application for Partial Phase I bond release was received by the Division on February 27, <br /> 2019. The application was deemed complete on April 25, 2019, after the Division received <br /> proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. Oxbow Mining, LLC published notice of <br /> the bond release application in the Delta County Independent once weekly for four consecutive <br /> weeks, beginning on March 6, 2019. Oxbow Mining, LLC also notified land owners within and <br /> adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, <br /> as required by Rule 3.03.2(l). <br /> The initial application was for 20.6 acres located on both the Elk Creek Mine Lower and Middle <br /> Pads, and a portion of the East Yard area, shown on a map included with the application packet. <br /> The legal description of the lands included within the SL-1 area is: <br /> (Middle Pad) Township 13 South,Range 90 West- <br /> Section 8: SW'/4 of NE'/4 and NW'/4 of SE'/4 <br /> (Lower Pad) Township 13 South,Range 90 West- <br /> Sectlon 8: NW'/4 of SE'/4, SW'/4 of SE'/4 and SE'/4 of SE'/4 <br /> 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 May 22, 2019. The site <br /> inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was attended by <br /> Christine Belka(0SMRE), Desty Dyer(BLM), Doug Smith(Oxbow Mining, LLC.) and Leigh <br /> Simmons (Division). <br /> On May 31, 2019 an initial adequacy review letter was sent to Oxbow Mining,LLC, requesting <br /> that the reconstructed stream channel be removed from the SL-1 bond release area. Oxbow <br /> Mining, LLC responded to the adequacy review with a revised map on June 17, 2019, with this <br /> response the area requested for release was reduced from 20.6 acres to 19.4 acres. <br /> C-1981-022,SL-1 Page 4 of 19 <br />