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<br />-8- <br />Final Decision <br />The Division finds, based on the findings contained in this document, that the <br />pit area is eligible for a maximum of sixty percent release for successful <br />completion of backfilling and grading. Additional bond release on the pit <br />area is not warranted, as the operator has not fulfilled the requirements of <br />Rules 3.03.1(2)(b) and 3.03.1(3)(b). Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) requires the operator <br />to demonstrate successful establishment of revegetation in accordance with the <br />approved mine plan. Rule 3.03.1(3)(b) requires the operator to demonstrate <br />that lands subject to release are not contributing suspended solids to <br />streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of pre-mining levels. <br />Rule 3.03.1(3)(d) requires the Division to retain at a minimum, sufficient <br />bond to complete the approved reclamation plan. Pursuant to this rule, the <br />Division has reviewed the original bond calculations and the calculations <br />presented in the Meadows bond release application. Based on this review, the <br />Division finds that the bond assumptions are valid, and that sufficient bond <br />is held by the Division to allow for the release of 60 percent of the bond <br />held for the pit area. <br />In summary, the final decision of the Board rendered May 22, 1986, is to <br />release sixty percent of the liability on the pit area for successful <br />backfilling and grading. The total dollar amount to be released is <br />5456,583.00. <br />srs <br />1003E <br />