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The Division received MCC's application for a Partial Phase I Bond Release on January 26, 2022. The <br /> application was deemed complete on April 8, 2022, 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 February 2, 2022. MCC also notified <br /> land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application <br /> for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). <br /> No comments,written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release <br /> application were received by the Division. <br /> The Division scheduled a bond release inspection on May 3, 2022. The inspection was subsequently <br /> rescheduled and conducted on July 14, 2022,which allowed time for snow to melt and roads to dry out. <br /> The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was attended <br /> throughout by Leigh Simmons(Division),Dan Mackinnon(OSMRE),Dan Gray(USFS), and Garren <br /> Atchley(MCC). No representative of the BLM were present, although the agency had been notified by <br /> certified mail. An initial adequacy review letter was sent to MCC on July 29,2022, and a response was <br /> received by the Division on August 23,2022. A road segment that had been inadvertently omitted from <br /> the initial SL-15 application was added to the application, and the map and tables updated accordingly. <br /> The agreed final list of sites to be included in the SL-15 application following the adequacy <br /> correspondence is given in Table 1. <br /> Table 1 <br /> Phase Site Details Type Landowner/ Acreage Reclamation Date <br /> manager <br /> I SS1-1 E-seam MVB USFS 0.54 2021 <br /> I SS1-2&road E-seam MVB USFS 0.68 2021 <br /> I SS1-3&road E-seam MVB USFS 0.86 2021 <br /> 1 SS1-4 E-seam MVB USFS 0.52 2021 <br /> 1 SS1-5 E-seam MVB USFS 0.57 2021 <br /> I SS1-7&road E-seam MVB USFS 0.86 2021 <br /> I SS2-3&road E-seam MVB USFS 2.4 2021 <br /> I SS2-5&road E-seam MVB USFS 1.17 2021 <br /> 1 E7-6 E-seam MVB USFS 0.57 2021 <br /> I E7-8&road E-seam MVB USFS 1.16 2021 <br /> I E7-9&road E-seam MVB USFS 0.82 2021 <br /> I E8-6&road E-seam MVB USFS 0.97 2021 <br /> 1 Road to E7-8&-9 Road USFS 0.55 2021 <br /> Total acreage for SL-15 11.67 <br /> II. CRITERIA AND SCHEDULE FOR BOND RELEASE <br /> PHASE I <br /> Rule 3.03.1(2)(a) states, "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released when the <br /> permittee successfully completes backfilling,regrading, and drainage control in accordance with the <br /> C-1980-007 Page 5 of 10 <br />