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NVr ZN1~4 A!1 ojthe mine portals have been sealed. The South Lease Exploration roads, North Decline, North West /ntake Portal, South Fan and the 1 West Por[a!s have been restored to approximate original contour. Approximately /8"and 14" ojcover, including topsoil, was placed on 9.6 acres ojCameo Refuse Disposal Area No. /. The overland conrveyor, from transfer 1 [o transfer 4, has been dlsmmrtled and removed from the sire, and some monitoring wells sealed. A few miscellaneous buildings and structures hm~e been removed from the site. A!! work has been performed in accordance with plans approved by the Division of Minerals and Geology. In adequacy item 1, DMG had indicated that the overland conveyor should not be included in the bond release application, because, while the conveyor structure had been largely dismantled and removed, concrete footers were still intact and the conveyor corridor had not beenregraded. The DMG request was based on Rule 3.03.1(2)(a), which states, Up to sixty percent oj[he applicable bond amount shall be released when the permittee saccessjully completes bacl filling, regrading, and drainage contra! in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. In response, the operator cited the more general requirement of 3.03. I (I ), that The Division...shall release a performance bond, in whole or in part, when it is satisfred [he reclamation covered by the bond or portion thereojhas been accomplished as required by these Rules... During the inspection, 1 documented the extent of conveyordemolition that has been completed, and also work that remains to be done. This documentation was performed to allow for evaluation of partial "credit" for reclamation work conducted, if the Division or Board determines such allowance to be appropriate. Item 99b of the most recent cost estimate ($3,244, 980 total) lists demolition direct costs for the overland conveyor structures. Of the listed sub-items associated with the conveyor, the following two items have been partially completed (based on the bond release inspection): Demolish conveyor from transfer b2 (o #3 The metal conveyor and belt have been removed, but the concrete footers remain. Several exposed footers were measured; 8 feet long by 18" wide, by 19" thick. Tanya said thickness varied from 9" to 19". The footers are spaced approximately 9 feet apart (perpendicular to conveyor corridor) along the entire length of the segment from Transfer 2 to Transfer 3, at the county road). The conveyor ran through a large culvert beneath the Xcel Cameo Station coal haulage access road in this segment, which will remain in place. The dollar amount associated with demolition of this segment of conveyor in the current estimate is $24, 180.00, but the cost of footer removal is not separated out from metal structure demolition. 1 am not sure whether regrading cost is included in the demolition cost or not; there is not a separate task for conveyor corridor regrading. Demolish conveyor from transfer #3 to transfer #4. At the beginning of this segment, the conveyor ran through an 8'diame[er heavy guage steel culvert. The outlet end of the culvert where it emerges from beneath the road fill, extends for approximately 200 feet, passing over the channel of lower coal creek. There is no reason that this exposed section of the culvert would need to remain in place for thepostmine use. It is not clear that cutting and removal of this culvert section was factored in the conveyor removal task item, nor was it addressed elsewhere in the estimate. A similar, though shorter, culvert segment exists midway along the segment where the conveyor passed under the rail spur and UTL haul road. Presumably, this culvert would be removed as a component of road reduction and rail spur reclamation (check cost items and reclamation plan for rail spur and UTL road). A number of the concrete footers in the vicinity of this culvert have been dislodged, but remain on site in the immediate vicinity. The dollar amount associated with demolition of this segment of conveyor in the current estimate is $51,140.70, but the cost of footer removal is not separated out from metal structure demolition. There are no separate task items for conveyor corridor regrading or culvert removal. In addition to the items discussed above, conveyor has been pulled from the river span tube, but the river span and associated supports, along with all of the conveyor transfer buildings remain in place.