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.;• CBl-021: Holsin¢er A Co. 2 (a) Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released when the permittee successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage control in accordance with the approved reclamation plan; (b) Up to eighty-five percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released upon the establishment of vegetation which supports the approved postmining land use and which meets the approved success standard for cover, pursuant to 4.15.8, meets applicable productivity standards for prime farmlands or alluvial valley floors pursuant to 3.03.1(3)(b), or croplands pursuant to 4.15.9. With the exception of prime farmlands, evaluation of vegetation establishment pursuant to this paragraph is based on statistically valid data collected during a single year of the liability period; and (c) The remaining portion of the bond amount shall be released when the permittee has successfully completed all surface coal mining reclamation operations in accordance with this approved reclamation plan, and the final inspection and procedures of 3.03.2 have been satisfied. This shall not be before the expiration of the period specified for revegetation responsibility in 3.02.3. The Bourg Mine property was backfilled and graded in 1988 with the permanent seed mix planted in October 1988. The summer of 1999 will be the 10th growing season following seeding. Year 1999 will be the earliest that the permittee would be eligible to request final bond release on the reclaimed mine site. Walden Coal company applied for, and was approved for bond release on the backfilling and grading portions of the reclamation on December 4, 1989. The Northgate loadout north of Cowdrey, Colorado was approved for final bond release on March 15, 1996. The loadout was approved for industrial post-mining land use and not subject to the ten year liability period. The reclaimed mine site has been approved for apost-mining land-use of rangeland and wildlife habitat. The former facilities area at the mine were approved to remain to support the post-mining land use in 1988. These permanent features consist of two cement pads, a water well, a septic field, a gravel pad and the perimeter fence. A perimeter road remains on the mine site to allow access to the property. The Division's rules do not prohibit grazing on the reclaimed site prior to final bond release. The Division's requirements for grazing are found in Rule 4.15.5: 4.15.5 Grazing. (1) Domestic livestock grazing must not commence until one year after seeding or planting and shall be managed to promote the postmining land use.