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calculated based on available casing diameter <br />information such that the resulting cement plug will <br />extend vertically for the required vertical length <br />inside the long string casing. Install a dry hole <br />marker which will have the name of the operator, well <br />number, date plugged, lease number, and the legal <br />description welded on the surface. Surface facilities <br />associated with the various wells shall be removed, <br />and the well pad(s) shall be reclaimed according to <br />BLM and other applicable specifications. <br />3. Pluagina and Abandonment Report. Within sixty (60) <br />days after plugging the well, the operator <br />shall submit a report on Form 7520-13 (see Appendix B) <br />to the Director. The report shall be certified as <br />accurate by the person who performed the plugging <br />operation and the report shall consist of either: (1) <br />a statement that the well was plugged in accordance <br />with the plan; or (2) where actual plugging differed <br />from the plan, a statement that specifies the <br />different procedures followed. <br />9. Modification of Pluaaina and Abandonment Plan. The <br />Director may require modification of the plugging plan <br />per 40 CFR Part 196.10(d) if cavity or ground failure <br />has occurred that could endanger USDWs. The Director <br />may prescribe such cleanup and monitoring deemed <br />necessary to assure adequate protection of USDWs. <br />F. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY <br />1, Demonstration of Financial Responsibility. The <br />operator is required to maintain continuous financial <br />responsibility and resources to close, plug and <br />abandon the injection well as provided in the plugging <br />and abandonment plan, <br />(a) Natural Soda has chosen to demonstrate financial <br />responsibility through a Standby Trust Agreement <br />and a Washington International Insurance Company <br />Surety Performance Bond (issued to Natural Soda, <br />Inc., the well operator), in the amount of <br />$17,300 per well or $51,900. The performance <br />Bond names EPA as beneficiary in the event of <br />operator default on the plugging and abandonment <br />requirements and is hereby incorporated as part <br />of this permit. The Standby Trust Agreement <br />established by the operator shall remain in <br />effect for the duration of this permit, unless <br />part (b), below, has been complied with. <br />Page 24 of 120 <br />EPA FINAL Area Permit No. C03870-00000 <br />