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Septaslxr?000 Kern Cm/Cmpvn Plmel///R~rrtial BozlRdeaeApplr¢uia~ ~ Pabe4 Phaze II partial release = $217,298 + $904,674 = $1,121,972 Approval of the requested Phase I and Phaze II partial bond releases will leave a bond balance of $687,467. Following the July 1995 Bond Reduction approval, the total bond was reduced to $4,510,644. The bond balance that will remain following approval of the requested Phase I and Phase II bond releazes is approximately 15.2 percent of this total bond amount. Using the DMG's 1/22/96 calculation of the actual cost to complete remaining reclamation az a base, Kerr has eliminated costs for reclamation completed in the interim az well az reclamation costs associated with facilities and areaz approved for pem~arrent retention in conjunction with the postminirrg land use. As documented in Appendix G, the resulting estimated cost to complete all rert+~~~~~g reclamation is approximately $229,516, so the remaining bond balance is more than adequate to provide for completion of rem~~~~ng reclamation. 2.3 DOCUMENTATION OF RECLAMATION STATUS Current reclamation status for the proposed Phase I and Phase II partial bond release areas u documented by the Proposed Decision - Phase I Bond Releaze, Marr Mme (DMG, January 1996); the DMG inspection reports, included in Appendix B; the 1999 Marc Mme Annual Reclamation Report, included in Appendix G and the Report of Findings -Reclamation Monitoring (ESOO, 1999), included in Appendix D. The Report of Findings - Reclamation Monitoring (ESCO, 1999) documents the pnxedure and results for the 1999 revegetation success monitoring effort for the Marr Mme. The 1999 monitoring effort included all reclaimed areas and documented that the reestablished vegetation cort+~*+~~~iry met all applicable revegetation success standards (cover, production, woody plant densiry, and vegetative diversity for the 720 Pit and Pit 1 areaz. The older Marc Pit reclamation was only marginally below the woody plant density standard, well below the applicable cover standard, and eazily met the applicable production and diversity standards. Kerr is currently worlang with the DMG to address revegetation concerns for the Mart Pit reclaimed area and has not included this area in this request for Phase II partial bond release. 2.4 DOCUMENTATION OF HYDROLOGIC STATUS Based on a comparison of pre-mining and reclaimed conditions, as documented by the Hydrologic Reclamation Evaluation included in Appendix E, effective hydrologic restoration has occurred in the proposed Phaze II partial bond release areas. The hydrologic evaluation utilized the SEDCAD+ computer software model to evaluate runoff and sediment loss characteristics for the pre-mining and reclaimed condition based on meteorological, topographic, soils, and vegetation inpuu az summarized in the description of evaluation methodology Generally, the vegetation inputs were based on baseline cover data for the pre-mining condition and cover data from the 1999 revegetation success monitoring for the reclaimed condition. Modeling results, az presented in Appendix E, indicate that total suspended solids contributions from the 720 Pit and Pit 1 reclaimed areas would be less than those from these areas under the pre-mining condition. 2.5 SEDIMENTATION POND RECLAMATION AND RETENTION In conjunction with Technical Revision TR-19, the DMG approved permanent retention of existing sedimentation ponds A, B, D and E to support the approved postmining land use. The remaining sedimentation ponds, Ponds C, F, G, and the Loadout Area Pond, will be removed and the azsociated disturbance areas reclaimed following a determination of revegetation success at the end of the reclamation liabiliryperiod. Moaboray Wpm "P.D Bac 774018 S7earGM Spng, 61780477 "(970J 879-6260 icarm~~:anrtimd.. . i~w~