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In Adequacy Item 2, DMG had requested clarification regarding whether thebackfilled N W Intake Portal was included in the release request. PCC clarified that the N W Intake Portal was included in the release request. In [he most recent cost estimate, a direct cost of $643.00 was estimated for the portal backfill seal, and a cost of $1,607.00 for backfilling of the small portal area disturbance (combined cost of $2,250.00). During the bond release inspection on August I5, a small crack a couple feet in length and I-2 inches wide, apparently up to several feet deep was observed along the upper perimeter of the portal backfill. The operator indicated that the crack would be filled in promptly. On the follow-up inspection on August 24, 1 verified that the crack had been filled. Tonya Hammond stated the crack had been opened up with a hand shovel, and dirt tamped in with the handle of the shovel to compact the dirt as it was placed in the crack. Tonya indicated that a relatively small amount of shovel work was required, and that no large void was discovered. It may not be prudent to approve bond release for the NW intake at this time, but rather delay release for a period of time sufficient to evaluate the adequacy of the repair, and stability of the backfill. Adequacy Item 3 requested documentation regarding how the dollar amount for which PCC requested release was derived. A spreadsheet detailing this information was provided. 1 have indicated to the operator that we will prepare an updated reclamation cost estimate, with individual task items deleted or modified to reFlect reclamation work satisfactorily completed, as a component of our bond release review and proposed decision. Adequacy Item 4 requested documentation that CDOT and Union Pacific Railroad were notified of the bond release application, az both are indicated on the land ownership map az permit or adjacent area landowners. This documentation was provided. Adequacy Item 5 requested that CRDA # I and #2 Bond Release Map be amended to delineate specific areas for which Phase 1 bond release was being requested. The map was appropriately amended. Designated areas for which bond release is requested include the lower three benches of both CRDA refuse piles, which have been graded, cover-soiled, topsoiled, and revegetated (in 1994). Bond release considerations pertinent to the CRDA refuse pile lower benches, will be addressed in more detail under Item 8, below. Additional sites in the vicinity of the CRDA refuse piles for which bond release is requested are CBA-1, former Topsoil Pile 5, former Topsoil Pile 6, and reclaimed Access Road 4. Each of these small sites was reclaimed at the same time that the CRDA lower benches were reclaimed, and based on observations made during the bond release inspection, they appear to have been properly graded to blend in with adjacent terrain, in conformance with the approved permit. An apparently effective cover of perennial vegetation has been established on each of these areaz. At CBA-I, a sediment containment ditch and incised sediment trap (CBA-I Sump) remain, and will need to be eliminated once appropriate sedimentation demonstrations have been made, prior to fmal (Phase III) bond releaze. Adequacy Item 6 requested that the North Decline Bond Release Map be amended to delineate bond releaze request areas, and that the 2 West Portals map and South Fan Installation Maps be similarly amended. Each of the requested maps was amended in the revised bond releaze application. The North Decline map az amended accurately depicts the area of completedbackfilling and grading, with certain areas to be excluded from the bond releaze request. The areas delineated on the map as being subject to further work, and thus excluded from the bond release request properly include the east and west SAE sumps, Sediment Pond 7, and a small area to be used for stockpiling of soil from the mine de-watering drilling project approved in TR-33. The map should be further amended to clarify that, in addition to these locations, all perimeter diversion ditches and berths, and sediment collection ditches will also be excluded from the releaze. In addition, berms built up along the permanent channel will need to be eliminated or modified prior to fmal bond release (after required sedimentation demonstratons have been made) to allow for surface runoff from the reclaimed area to enter the channel. The permit will need to be properly