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facilities area, including part of the East Refuse Pile; the West Valley Fill,including the haul <br /> road west of the fill; and the H West Valley Fill. The Division approved the application on <br /> September 8, 2022, and released $63,319. <br /> An application for Partial Phase III bond release(SL-7)was received by the Division on April 26, 2022. <br /> The application was deemed complete on April 27, 2022. Oxbow published notice of the bond release <br /> application in Delta County Independent once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning March 9, <br /> 2022. Oxbow also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested <br /> parties of the application 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 and conducted a bond release inspection on July 12, 2022, allowing time for <br /> snow to melt. The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was <br /> attended by Doug Smith of Oxbow, Dan Gray of the US Forest Service Paonia Ranger District(USFS), <br /> and Dan Mackinnon of the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE). The <br /> Bureau of Land Management,Uncompahgre Field Office (BLM)was notified but no representative <br /> attended the inspection. <br /> The final list of sites to be Phase III released with SL-7 is given in Table 1, below. All of the sites in the <br /> table were Phase I and Phase II released with SL-2. <br /> Table 1 <br /> Reclamation Phase I Phase II <br /> Phase Site Landowner/manager Date Release Release Acreage <br /> III GVB-LW-15-03 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 3.89 <br /> III GVB-LW-15-04 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.8 <br /> III GVB-LW-15-05 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.4 <br /> III GVB-LW-15-06 BLM 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.2 <br /> III GVB-LW-15-07 USFS 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.25 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-02,0213,02C Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 2.01 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-03 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.54 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-04 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.98 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-05 Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.5 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-06 BLM 2011 SL-2 SL-2 0.88 <br /> III GVB-LW-16-07 BLM 2011 SL-2 SL-2 0.83 <br /> III GVB-LW-17-01C Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 0.3 <br /> III GVB-LW-18-01A pilot pad Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.31 <br /> III GVB-LW-19-03 pilot pad Hotchkiss Ranches 2011 SL-2 SL-2 1.35 <br /> Total Acreage for SL-7 21.24 <br /> C-1981-022,SL-7 Page 5 of 9 <br />