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the roads, ponds, ditches and fencing will be reclaimed in 1986. The ponds, ditches, and fences [necessary to control grazing, see 4.15(5) on page 12 of Addendum II] will need to remain in place until approximately 1996, the end of the 10 year liability per- iod. It should be noted that all of the unexplained problems with the disturbed acreages are relatively small; plus or minus 10 acres. However, because of the problems with verifying the over- burden volumes, overburden movement and disturbed acreages, and because all these items are critical to determining bond amounts, the following stipulation is proposed (also see stipulation in the Bonding Section of Chapter III of this TEA. Before beginning mining in Pit 2, the applicant shall submit all maps, drawings, calculations and assump- tions used to determine yearly disturbed and reclaimed acreages and total disturbed acreages for all years. The calculations should include,' but not be limited to: the limits of topsoil removal for each year; the limits of mining for each year; the limits of back- filling for each year; the limits of retopsoiling and revegetation for each year; and the area disturbed and reclaimed each year for pond, ditch and road construc- tion and removal. The applicant has not adequately demonstrated that the pro- posed mining and reclamation operations can be successfully accomplished. The applicant has not provided sufficient informa- tion in the following areas. 1. Ability to achieve proposed postmining contours. No pit limits, showing both the top and bottom eleva- tions, of the total areas proposed for mining within the proposed permit area, cross-sections, or volumetric cal- culations were included within the permit application. -60-