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6. Rule 3.03.1(4) Minimum Retention - $10,000 Minimum <br />No bond shall be fully released until all reclamation requirements of these Rules and the Act are fully <br />met, and in no case shall the total bond amount applicable to a permit area be less than $10,000, in <br />accordance with 3.02.2(3), until bond for the entire permit area is fully released. No acreage shall be <br />released from the permit area until all surface coal mining and reclamation operations on that acreage <br />have been completed in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. <br />The Division retains $19,581,899 for unfinished reclamation activities. <br />Rule 3.03.1(5) Temporary Drainage and Sediment Structures <br />Release of bond coverage for liability associated with temporary drainage and sediment control facilities <br />including impoundments and conveying systems shall be authorized only after final inspection, <br />acceptance, and approval by the Division. Such approval shall be granted based on determination by <br />the Division that backfilling and grading, topsoiling, and reseeding of such facilities have been <br />completed in compliance with the approved plan. Vegetative cover must be adequate to control erosion <br />and similar to the reclaimed area or surrounding undisturbed area. Reclaimed temporary drainage <br />control facilities shall not be subject to the extended liability period of Rule 3.02.3(2) or the bond release <br />criteria of Rule 3.03.1(2). <br />No element of the Application pertains to this Rule. <br />8. Rules 4.05.13(1)(d)(ii), 4.05.13(3)(a), and 4.07 Removal of Monitoring Equipment <br />All ground water monitoring equipment, structures and devices shall be removed in accordance with <br />4.07 when no longer required. Equipment, structures, and other devices necessary to measure and <br />sample accurately the quality and quantity of surface and ground water shall be ... removed when no <br />longer required. Each exploration hole, other drill or borehole, well or other exposed underground <br />opening shall be plugged, sealed, or otherwise managed, as approved by the Division (Rule 4.073). <br />No element of the Application pertains to this Rule. <br />9. Rule 4.15.8 Success Standards for Cover <br />Established vegetation must meet the approved success standard for cover. <br />No element of the Application pertains to this Rule. <br />• 2 6 April 27, 1998 <br />