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5 The Division proposed to approve a Phase II/III application for Block C, SL-03, on October 31, 1996. The Block C approval will reduce the bond $34,600 to $8,845,400. This reduced amount of bond held by the Division following the release of Block C bond monies is significantly in excess of the amount necessary to revegetate the entire site, reclaim three sediment ponds (ponds H, M, and K), and topsoil and re-seed the 5 acre area at the dragline dismantling site. An application for Phase I bond release, SL-O5, was received by the Division on August 15, 1996. The application was deemed complete on September 4, 1996, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. Colorado Yampa Coal Company published notice of the bond release application in the Steamboat Pilot once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning July 25, 1996. Colorado Yampa Coal Company also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit azea, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference regazding the bond release application were received by the Division. Review of the area requested for release found that the requested acreage was in error. The operator requested a release of 810 acres. The operator did not submit a map clearly showing which areas were included in this request. The Division's finding on acreage not included in the 1988 phase I bond release for mine plan areas 51 and 61 totals 601 acres. The Division believes the discrepancy in acreage (810 acres vs 601 acres) originates from the operator including mine plan area 51 acreage which previously received phase I release. This bond release application, SL-O5, will consider those portions, 601 acres, of areas 51 and 61 which were not included in the 1988 Phase I bond release. Due to this discrepancy the Division shall attach Stipulation No. 26 to the permit: STIPULATION NO. 26 COLORADO YAMI'A COAL COMI'ANY SHALL SUBMIT, BY JANUARY 10, 1997, A MAP OF THE ECKMAN PARK, MINE 1 AND 2 MINES, ACCURATELY DEPICTING LOCATION AND ACREAGES OF MINING AREAS AND BOND RELEASE BLOCKS. THIS MAP SHALL REFLECT PHASED RELEASES AND DATES OF SURETY RELEASE FOR THE ASSOCIATED AREAS. The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on October 7 and 8, 1996. The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). The inspection was conducted 33 days after the Division found the bond release application release. The extension beyond the 30-day time period noted in Rule 3.03.2(2) was necessary due to scheduling conflicts between interested parties, Parties in attendance during the bond release inspection included representatives from the Division of Minerals and Geology, representatives from the Office of surface Mining-Denver Field Division,