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-5- <br />(9> (a> If this bond applies to National Forest System lands, and if <br />this bond is accepted by the United States Forest Service ("U.S.F.S."> as the <br />bond required under 36 C.F.R. 252.13, then, the Principal and the Surety <br />having requested that the State and the U.S.F.S. accept this single bond in <br />lieu of the separate bonds which would otherwise be required by applicable <br />law, hereby agree that, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, or of law, <br />this bond shall remain in full force and effect until U.S.F.S. has advised the <br />State that the reclamation work has been satisfactorily completed in <br />accordance with the requirements of applicable Federal law and regulations. <br />(b) If this bond applies to lands under the jurisdiction of the <br />State Board of Land Commissioners ("Land Board"), and if this bond, in whole <br />or in part, is accepted by the Land Board as the bond required under its <br />applicable law and procedures, then, the Principal and the Surety having <br />requested that the State accept this single bond in lieu of the separate bonds <br />which would otherwise be required by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />or Division and by the Land Board, hereby agree that, notwithstanding any <br />other provision hereof, or of law, this bond shall remain in full force and <br />effect until released by the Land Board. <br />(c> If all or any part of the lands subject to this bond are under <br />the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of <br />the Interior (the "BLM"), and if, at the request of the Principal on this <br />bond, the BLM has, pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 3809.1-9, accepted this bond in lieu <br />of requiring a separate reclamation bond payable to the United States, then, <br />notwithstanding any other provision of this bond, or of law, the Principal and <br />the Surety hereby agree that this bond shall not be released until the State <br />is advised in writing by the BLM that all reclamation requirements of Federal <br />law and regulations have been fulfilled as to such lands. <br />(10> This agreement may be executed in multiple copies, each of which <br />shall be treated as an original, but together they constitute only one <br />agreement, the validity and interpretation of which shall be governed by the <br />laws of Colorado. <br />(11) Words in any gender used herein shall include the other genders, <br />the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. <br />(12) The provisions hereof shall bind and inure to the benefit of the <br />parties hereto and their successors and assigns. <br />