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s . ~ ®R~FT Subject To Board Approval Minutes, June 26 - 27, 1991 21 Staff Presentation by Cathy Begej: 26. DISCUSSION ITEM ROCKCASTLE COAL COMPANY File No. C-81-039 c1o Mr. Dean Massey Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra 1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, CO 80202 Secs. 20, 21, 28, 29, 31 and 32, TSN, R78W, Routt County, Grassy Gap Mine; surface coal mine. Consider Staff recommendation on bond forfeiture. Monthly status update (continued from the May 1991 Board Meeting). The Board was reminded that the Division had written 2 violations at the mine for performance standard related issues concerning quarterly pond inspections and performance of hydrologic monitoring. During the last month, the operator requested vacation of those violations. On June 14, 1991, the violations were upheld by the Acting Director. An assessment conference was held on June 24, 1991, and the conference officer upheld the violations. Therefore, the operator has been informed of its responsibility for maintaining the site in accordance with performance standards, as well as for any permit conditions in the permit which were not revised by the Settlement Agreement. The Division has appealed to OSM, Washington, regarding a Ten Day Notice received at the site for failure to have adequate bond, but has not received a response at this time. The Division inspected the site on June 14, 1991. It was determined that reclamation completed during the summer of 1990 was producing a good stand of vegetation cover from the mulch. Erosion has been 1 i mi ted . A meeting will be held with the operator on June 28, 1991, to discuss their bond release request. The operator has requested an increase in bond release, due to the fact that backfilling and grading were completed at the site in November of 1990. Requests for bond release were made on November 30, 1990 and February 24, 1991, and have not been acted on by the Division, as certain issues remain unresolvd. The operator plans to complete the remaining engineering work this summer and proceed to forfeit the bond. The Settlement Agreement calls for forfeiture of a E50,000 bond.