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~. 2 BOND N0. 6451035575I8BCM <br />i <br />i Wf~REAS, as part of the application for such perwit, Principal has agreed with the State and <br />the United States/OSMRE to complete a specified plan ("the Plan"} for reclamation, as required by <br />law, of the lands disturbed by reason of sucL mining opcrdlious. The Plan may be auxended from tithe <br />to time with the approval of the State, acting through the Department of IJatural Resources and, as <br />appropriate, the Division of 1vlincrals and Geology ("the Division") of the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board ("the Board") and the United States of America, acting through the Department of the Interior, <br />Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and P.»fnrcement ("the OSMRE"). <br />The phrase "$oard or Division" in this bond means the organ of State government which has <br />the'authority to. act in the circumstance referred to, and recognizes that the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Act {34-32-1Q] et sec .)and the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (34-33-101 et ~.} <br />confer distinctive and sometimes different responsibilities upon the Board and the llivisiou. <br />NOW THE~(EFGkE, the condirions of this obligazion are such that, if Lhc abvvc-hooded <br />.Principal shall, in conducting such mining and reclamation operations, faithfully perform the <br />requirements of the flan, as amended from time to time, and comply with the conditions of the Permit <br />and with all applicable laws and regulations of the State, and if the Boazd or the Division shall make a <br />finding that the lands upon which such operations have been condented have been satisfactorily <br />reclaimed, and if the OSMRB shall conct>r with this finding, then the Board or the Division shall, <br />upon receipt of a request for band release on such lands or a request for partial release as to any <br />portion thereof, and upon the Completion of applicable procedures of law and regulation governing <br />release of bond, release the Principal and the surety of the extent that it determines such reclamation to <br />have been accomplished. <br />ADDl1TONAZ. PROVISIONS <br />(1) The amount of this bond is based upott estimate: as to the coot of reclamation, and does <br />not operate to liquidate, limit, enlarge, or restrict the Principal's obligations to complete_the , <br />reclamation plan and to comply in all respects with the Permit and with applicable laws and <br />regulations governing reclamation, even though the actual cost thereof may substantially exceed the <br />amcunt of this bond. <br />{2) The surety shall not be liable under this bond for ari/amount greater than rho sum <br />designated in the first paragraph hereof, unless increased by a later amendment to the bond. This bond <br />shall be reviewed by the Board of the pivision from time to time, and with the knowledge of the <br />OSMRE, the Board ox the pivision may require an increase ut tlye principal sum of this bond (and a <br />corresponding increase in the surety amount} to cover increases in the estimated costs of reclamation, <br />but no such increase shall bind the surety unless and until it shall have consented thereto in writing by <br />the issuance of an additional surety bond or by an endorsement to this bond. . <br />WQT20 <br />80 39tld Wf11Cl 6dIP 65t04b86iL rt:tt L00Z/fit/LO <br />