2019-12-06_REVISION - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/6/2019
• Doc Name Note: Revised
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Jared Ebert, Tom Medlin, Christine Belka
• Type & Sequence: SL19
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: RAR
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Phase I bond release for these parcels occurred as a result of the following bond release actions
shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Summary of Prior Phase I Bond Release for Parcels in SL19 Phase II Request
Parcels Bond Release Permitting
Action
AB09, AB 12, FA 11, FA 12, ZA 12, KA 11 SL 14
AB13, KA13, ZA13 SL15
Phase II Bond Release
Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) states:
"Up to eighty-five percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released upon the
establishment of vegetation supporting the approved post-mining land use and meeting the
approved success standard for cover based on statistically valid data collected during a
single year of the liability period."
And, regarding Phase II bond release, Rule 3.03.1(3)(b) states:
"No more than (60)percent of the bond shall be released so long as the lands to which the
release would be applicable are contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff
outside the permit area in excess of pre-mining levels as determined by baseline data or in
excess of levels determined on adjacent non-mined areas."
Regarding Phase II bond release, the approved reclamation plan calls for:
o Specific topsoil replacement depth
o Vegetative cover standard
o Post-mining land use
o Sedimentology estimates.
The approved post-mining land use for the land applicable to SL19 is rangeland/wildlife habitat.
The 376.1-acre bond release block, the subject of this bond release application (SL19), has been
Permit Number C 19 81010
SL19