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• • iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii 999 ENERGY FUELS MIMNG COMPANY RATON CREEK MINE BOND RELEASE APPLICATION SANTA FE LOADOUTS NO. 1 AND 2 IIVTRODUCTION The Energy Fuels Mining Company (Energy Fuels) completed all required reclamation of the Santa Fe (SF) Loadouts No. 1 and 2 according to the approved reclamation plan. This application requests release of the bond amount associated with reclamation of the SF Loadouts. The reclamation work was completed in early-1994. This bond release request is formatted to effect compliance with applicable provisions of Rule 3.03.2. It includes the proposed notice of intent to seek bond release to be sent to adjoining property owners, surface owners, appropriate local governmental bodies, municipalities, county commissioners, planning agencies, sewage and water treatment authorities, water conservancy districts, and to be published in the local newspaper per Rule 3.03.2(1). BOND RELEASE INFORMATION Energy Fuels is submitting this request for bond release effective August 9, 1995. The request references the Division of Minerals and Geology Permit No. C-82-055, originally issued on August 17, 1982, for the Raton Creek Mine. Energy Fuels requests Phase I, II, and III bond release for 3.32 acres of disturbance at the SF Loadouts. Bond surety is provided by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA under bond nos. 13-20-17 and 13-20-18 for $204,524 and $1,307 respectively; a total surety of $205,831. The original, and current, total amount of bond for the area requested for release is $8,963 Energy Fuels requests release of the $8,963 bond amount associated with reclamation of the SF loadouts. The legal description of the area requested for bond release is provided on the accompanying proposed public notice. Energy Fuels initiated reclamation in 1993 and completed the work in 1994. Reclamation involved removal from the site of all coal handling structures and equipment, removal of excess road materials, backfilling the sub-grade hopper structure, and regrading the sites according to the railway company specifications. The coal handling equipment was purchased and removed by a used equipment contractor. Coal-laden surface material was excavated from the sites and hauled to the Mine Site. All excess road material and concrete was hauled off site by a contractor to an approved landfill. Site drainage was established in accordance with the reclamation plan, with silt fences constructed for end-point sediment control. No topsoil application or revegetation work was done in accordance with the reclamation plan. The completed reclamation returned the sites to a configuration compatible with the postmining use of industrial.