2021-10-13_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007 (2)

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Monument Dam Borrow Area. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-07 on April 13,2015 and released$97,871.00 Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 was received on May 18, 2015 and requested a release of 10.05 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 15 Mine Ventilation Boreholes(MVBs),the backfilling and regrading of 11 drill pads, and the backfilling and regrading of the associated roads and road spurs(eight total). The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-08 on November 20,2015 and released $110,452.00 Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-09 was received on November 4, 2015 and requested the final bond release of 22.1 acres. The release included the revegetation of 18 drill pads, including seven with associated spur roads, and four road segments in the Deep Creek, Long Draw, Long Draw Saddle, and West Point Road mining areas. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-09 on December 1,2016 and released$38,462.00 Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 was received on April 27, 2016 and requested a release of 9.97 acres. The release included the plugging and abandonment of 21 drill holes, and the backfilling and regrading of 17 associated pads and roads. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 on December 22,2016 and released $149,727.22 Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-I I was received on September 6,2018 and requested a release of 15.25 acres. The release application included the successful revegetation of 15.25 acres of reclaimed drill pads and roads on the West Flatiron. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase III Bond Release SL-1 I on December 12,2020 and released $26,825.00 Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-12 was received on December 14,2018 and requested the release of 22.58 acres. The release application included the plugging and abandonment of 33 Mine Ventilation Boreholes(MVBs),nine exploration drill holes(five of which were converted to MVBs) and nine monitoring wells; and the backfilling and regrading of 26 drill pads, and seven associated road segments. The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-12 on July 3, 2021 and released$295,827.06 The Division received MCC's application for a Partial Phase II Bond Release on August 27,2020. The original release application included the successful redistribution of topsoil and the establishment of vegetative cover adequate to control erosion on 93 features of predominantly Mine Ventilation Borehole pads and associated access roads. The application was deemed complete on October 2, 2020, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. MCC published notice of the bond release application in the Delta County Independent once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning September 2,2020. MCC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No comments,written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application were received by the Division. C-1980-007 Page 4 of 11