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Mr. Steve Renner October 16, 1991 Page 2 Status of Bond Release As of the date of this letter, MLRD holds a total of $134,304 as financial warranty for the site. Under the terms of the Agreement, MLRD is to release the entire financial warranty with the exception of a $50,000 retained amount upon the completion of the required reclamation activities. Rockcastle's bond release request dated November 30,1990, constitutes its formal request for the remaining amount. The public notice required by Rule 3.03 was published and proof of publication was forwarded to your office. At the request of your staff, a second public notice was published and proof of publication is attached to this letter (Attachment 1). With this second publication, we believe Rockcastle has complied fully with all administrative and procedural obligations necessary to facilitate the final bond release. Pit 4 In the course of the bond release/reduction described above, your office refused to release $47,842 requested for completed backfilling and topsoiling activities citing its concerns with the "uniformity" of topsoil replacement and oversteepened slopes in the vicinity of pond 4. With respect to the uniformity of topsoil replacement, Rockcastle has confirmed with its contractor that all available topsoil was replaced to an approximate minimum depth of twelve inches (]2") in a manner which was as uniform as possible given normal equipment limitations. Rockcastle has completed a topsoil depth sampling program which confirmed that the topsoil was placed at a greater average depth (approximately 21") in a uniform manner subject to equipment limitation. The results of this survey accompany the Pit 4 responses (Attachment 2) as Appendix C. Please contact me if you have further questions regarding this issue. In the course of recent meetings, representatives of Rockcastle and your staff have reached conceptual agreement concerning an acceptable postmining topography for the oversteepened slopes in the vicinity of Pond 4. A detailed plan depicting the agreed upon configuration along with supporting maps and rationale accompanies this letter in the form of Pit 4 adequacy responses (Attachment 2). Rockcastle will conduct the required perimeter ditch and culvert maintenance activity in conjunction with the slope regrading project. Please review the enclosed designs as soon as possible and contact Jerry Nettleton of ACZ, Inc. (1-879-6260) directly if you have further questions. Your prompt review and approval will facilitate the completion of the work during this field season. Assuming a satisfactory resolution of the topsoil uniformity issue, completion of the Pit 4 regrading would constitute a full resolution of all remaining issues pertinent to the outstanding request of $47,847. ACZ has estimated the cost of implementing the Pit 4