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associated light -use roads and road spurs. The release also included the Partial Phase I <br />Release of the Monument Dam Borrow Area. The Division issued its proposed decision <br />to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-07 on April 13, 2015 and released <br />$97,871.00 <br />Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 was received on May 18, 2015 and requested a <br />release of 10.05 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 15 Mine <br />Ventilation Boreholes (MVBs), the backfilling and regrading of 11 drill pads, and the <br />backfilling and regrading of the associated roads and road spurs (eight total). The <br />Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 <br />on November 20, 2015 and released $110,452.00 <br />Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-09 was received on November 4, 2015 and requested <br />the final bond release of 22.1 acres. The release included the revegetation of 18 drill <br />pads, including seven with associated spur roads, and four road segments in the Deep <br />Creek, Long Draw, Long Draw Saddle, and West Point Road mining areas. The <br />Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase III Bond Release SL- <br />09 on December 1, 2016 and released $38,462.00 <br />Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 was received on April 27, 2016 and requested a <br />release of 9.97 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 21 drill <br />holes, and the backfilling and regrading of 17 associated pads and roads. The Division <br />issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 on <br />December 22, 2016 and released $149,727.22 <br />The Division received MCC's application for a Partial Phase III Bond Release on September 6, <br />2018. The release application included the successful revegetation of 15.25 acres of reclaimed <br />drill pads and roads on the West Flatiron. The application was deemed complete on October 22, <br />2018, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. MCC <br />published notice of the bond release application in the Delta County Independent once weekly <br />for four consecutive weeks, beginning September 26, 2018. MCC also notified land owners <br />within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for <br />bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). <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 June 3-5, 2019, which <br />allowed time for snow to melt and roads to dry out. The site inspection was conducted in <br />accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was attended by Leigh Simmons (Division), <br />Tom Medlin (OSMRE) and Bob Munz (MCC). No representatives of the USFS or the BLM <br />were present, although both agencies had been notified by certified mail. <br />No adequacy issues were raised as a result of the inspection. <br />C-1980-007 Page 4 of 10 <br />