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• Regrading of disturbance areas to the approved post-mining configuration,with grading to blend <br /> with surrounding undisturbed and previously reclaimed areas and reestablish effective site <br /> drainage <br /> • Construction of designed post-mining drainage channels <br /> No structures requiring demolition were present within the footprint of the SL-5 parcels. <br /> Details of the TC-1 and TC-2 wells are available in Exhibit 2.04-E3 Tab I, Item 9 of the PAP. The <br /> exhibit shows that in 2007 TC-1 was plugged and abandoned and TC-2 was permitted as a domestic <br /> supply well. No additional disturbed acreage was approved at the time the construction of the wells was <br /> permitted(with Minor Revision No. 38). <br /> The approved post-mining topography of the East Yard area is shown on Map 2.05-M6, Sheet 1 of 7 of <br /> the PAP. <br /> PHASE II <br /> Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) states, "Up to eighty-five percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released upon <br /> the establishment of vegetation which supports the approved postmining land use and which meets the <br /> approved success standard for cover... based on statistically valid data collected during a single year of <br /> the liability period". In regard to Phase II bond release, Rule 3.03.2(3)(b) also states, "No more than <br /> sixty(60)percent of the bond shall be released so long as the lands to which the release would be <br /> applicable are contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of <br /> premising levels as determined by baseline data or in excess of levels determined on adjacent nonmined <br /> areas". <br /> With regard to Phase II bond release,details of the approved reclamation plan are given in Exhibit 2.05- <br /> E6,Revegetation Plan, of the PAP which states that: <br /> As a first step in seedbed preparation, in areas where soil will be replaced, compacted surfaces <br /> will be ripped to a depth of at least 12 inches before applying soil. In areas where soil is not <br /> available for replacement or where surface materials are suitable, areas will not be ripped to a <br /> depth that exposes any undesirable underlying materials. If this depth is less than six inches, then <br /> soil will be added to attain a minimum depth ofsix inches. <br /> The woody stem standard has been waived on all reclaimed areas, at the request of the land <br /> owners/managers. Specific requirements of the plan (including the approved seed mix,the success <br /> criteria and the sampling methodology) depend on the following factors: <br /> • When the disturbance occurred(pre-law or post-law) <br /> • Surface ownership(USFS,BLM, Oxbow or Hotchkiss Ranches) <br /> • Vegetation community(Pinon juniper,Mountain shrub or Aspen/Conifer woodland) <br /> • Post-mining land use (Undeveloped land or Industrial/Commercial) <br /> The parcels included in the SL-5 application can be divided into two groups: <br /> Group 1 (East Yard Refuse Pile) <br /> C-1981-022 Page 7 of 16 <br />