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Monument Dam Borrow Area. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial <br /> Phase I Bond Release SL-07 on April 13,2015 and released $97,871.00 <br /> Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 was received on May 18, 2015 and requested a release of <br /> 10.05 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 15 Mine Ventilation <br /> Boreholes (MVBs),the backfilling and regrading of 11 drill pads, and the backfilling and <br /> regrading of the associated roads and road spurs (eight total). The Division issued its proposed <br /> decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 on November 20,2015 and released <br /> $110,452.00 <br /> Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-09 was received on November 4,2015 and requested the final <br /> bond release of 22.1 acres. The release included the revegetation of 18 drill pads, including <br /> seven with associated spur roads, and four road segments in the Deep Creek,Long Draw, Long <br /> Draw Saddle, and West Point Road mining areas. The Division issued its proposed decision to <br /> approve the Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-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 release of <br /> 9.97 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 21 drill holes, and the <br /> backfilling and regrading of 17 associated pads and roads. The Division issued its proposed <br /> decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 on December 22, 2016 and released <br /> $149,727.22 <br /> Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-11 was received on September 6,2018 and requested a release <br /> of 15.25 acres. The release application included the successful revegetation of 15.25 acres of <br /> reclaimed drill pads and roads on the West Flatiron. The Division issued its proposed decision to <br /> approve the Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-1 I on December 12,2020 and released <br /> $26,825.00 <br /> Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-12 was received on December 14, 2018 and requested the <br /> release of 22.58 acres. The release application included the plugging and abandonment of 33 <br /> Mine Ventilation Boreholes (MVBs),nine exploration drill holes (five of which were converted <br /> to MVBs) and nine monitoring wells; and the backfilling and regrading of 26 drill pads, and <br /> seven associated road segments. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial <br /> Phase I Bond Release SL-12 on July 3, 2021 and released$295,827.06 <br /> Partial Phase II Bond Release SL-13 was received on August 27,2020. The release included the <br /> successful redistribution of topsoil and the establishment of vegetative cover adequate to control <br /> erosion on 50.04 acres of predominantly Mine Ventilation Borehole pads and associated access <br /> roads. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase II Bond Release <br /> SL-13 on October 13,2021 and released$81,667.48 <br /> The Division received MCC's application for a Partial Phase I Bond Release on March 4, 2021. The <br /> application was deemed complete on April 21,2021, after the Division received proof of publication of <br /> the applicant's public notice. MCC published notice of the bond release application in the Delta County <br /> Independent once weekly for four consecutive weeks,beginning March 10,2021. MCC also notified <br /> land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application <br /> C-1980-007 Page 4 of 10 <br />