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Public Notice <br />MCC published notice of the bond release application in the Delta County Independent once weekly <br />for four consecutive weeks, beginning on August 18, 2004. MCC also notified landowners within <br />and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties ofthe application for bond release, <br />as required by Section 3.03.2(1). <br />Bond Release Inspection <br />The Division conducted a bond release inspection on October 7, 2004. The site inspection was <br />conducted in accordance with Section 3.03.2(2). Jim Burnell and Sandy Brown represented the <br />Division. Henry Barbe represented MCC. Liane Mattson and Ryan Taylor represented the U.S. <br />Forest Service, the manager of federal lands in the bond release area. Mitch Rollings represented the <br />Office of Surface Mining. The Division notified neighboring landowners of the inspection, but they <br />did not attend. Inspection reports prepazed by the Division and the Office of Surface Mining aze on <br />file at the Denver office of the Division of Minerals and Geology. <br />Chronolo~y of Division's Review of Bond Release Application <br />The Division reviewed technical aspects of MCC's bond release submittal in order to determine if <br />the requested bond release is warranted. The review included an evaluation of hydrologic impacts. <br />The Division requested additional information from MCC regazding slope stability, erosion control, <br />and certification of engineering drawings (letter dated October 25, 2004). MCC resolved these <br />issues in materials submitted on July 21, 2005 in the application for Minor Revision 311. <br />The Division received no written objections, or requests for an informal conference regazding the <br />bond release application. <br />Upon request from the Division, the operator revised the dollaz amount of the bond release request <br />in a phone call on October 13, 2005 from the original amount of $156,420 to $79,727. This change <br />was necessary to correct an inadvertent transposition of request amounts between SL-01 and SL-02. <br />III. CRITERIA FOR BOND RELEASE <br />The bond release application is for phase I release. Phase I release is allowed by Section 3.03.1(2)(a) <br />which states, "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released when the <br />permittee successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage control in accordance with the <br />approved reclamation plan." <br />The reclamation plan for the bond release area is set forth in Section 2.05.4 of the permit application. <br />The plan calls for topsoil stockpiling, drillhole sealing, regrading of drillpads and access roads, <br />topsoil replacement, and revegetation of disturbed azeas with an approved seed mix. <br />3 <br />