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included the plugging and abandonment of 15 Mine Ventilation Boreholes (MVBs), <br /> three monitoring wells and two exploration drill holes; and the backfilling and regrading <br /> of a total of 12.05 acres of associated drill pads and roads. The Division issued its <br /> proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-14 on November 24, <br /> 2021 and released $146,798.23 <br /> Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-15 was received on January 26, 2022. The release <br /> included the plugging and abandonment of 12 Mine Ventilation Boreholes (MVBs), and <br /> the backfilling and regrading of a total of 11.67 acres of associated drill pads and roads. <br /> The Division issued its proposed decision to approve the Partial Phase I Bond Release <br /> SL-15 on September 26, 2022, and released $143,551.21 <br /> The Division received MCC's application for a Partial Phase H Bond Release on October 20, <br /> 2022. The application was deemed complete on November 14, 2022, after the Division received <br /> proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. MCC published notice of the bond release <br /> application in the Delta County Independent once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning <br /> September 7, 2022. MCC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, <br /> and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(l). <br /> No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond <br /> release application were received by the Division. <br /> The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on June 27, 2023, which <br /> allowed time for snow to melt and roads to dry out. The site inspection was conducted in <br /> accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was attended by Leigh Simmons (Division), <br /> Tom Medlin (OSMRE), Dan Gray (USFS) and Garren Atchley, Mark Peirce, and Cody Rapke <br /> (MCC). No representative of the BLM was present, although the agency had been notified by <br /> certified mail. An initial adequacy review letter was sent to MCC on December 6, 2023, and a <br /> response was received by the Division on December 20, 2023. A number of sites had been <br /> included in the application but had not been reclaimed. MCC revised the table that was included <br /> on page 2 of the application to remove the sites that were not reclaimed. The agreed final list of <br /> sites to be included in the SL-16 application following the adequacy correspondence is given in <br /> Table 1. <br /> Table 1 <br /> Reclamation Phase I Road Pad Total <br /> Phase Site Details Type Landowner/manager Date Release Area Area Area <br /> (acres) (acres) (acres) <br /> II E4-15 E-seam MVB USFS 2016 SL-12 0.00 0.59 0.59 <br /> II E4-16 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2016 SL-12 0.11 0.58 0.69 <br /> II E4-17 E-seam MVB USFS 2016 SL-12 0.00 0.58 0.58 <br /> II E5-1/2/3 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.16 1.13 1 1.29 <br /> II E5-4 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.07 0.73 0.80 <br /> II E5-5 E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.00 0.46 0.46 <br /> II E5-6/7 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.20 0.54 0.74 <br /> II E5-8 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.12 0.80 0.92 <br /> II E5-9/10 and road E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.06 0.82 0.88 <br /> II E5-12/13 E-seam MVB USFS 2017 SL-12 0.00 0.82 0.82 <br /> C-1980-007 Page 5 of 10 <br />