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When the permit includes an alternative postmining land use plan for industrial or commercial, or <br />• residential use, approved pursuant to 4.16.3, the Division shall require the maintenance of bond <br />coverage throughout the applicable liability period, sufficient for the Division to achieve compliance <br />with the standards for revegetation applicable to the pre-mining land use under 4.15, in the event the <br />alternative postmining land use is not developed in the event of bond forfeiture. <br />Neither the Permit nor the Application includes an element that pertains to this Rule. <br />J- Rule 3.03.1(4) Full Release of Bond <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 pennit 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 Application includes no request for full bond release. The Division currently holds a bonds <br />in the amount of $20,016,723. The Application includes no request for release of acreage from the <br />permit area. <br />K. Rule 3.03.1(5) Release of Bond for Sediment Control Facilities <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 3.02.3(2) or the bond release <br />criteria of 3.03.1(2). <br />No element of the Application pertains to this Rule. <br />l0 April 27, 1993 <br />