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I. REVIEW OF MINE STATUS <br />The current status and permitting history of the operation is <br />essentially as described in the June, 1993 renewal findings <br />document. Mining operations ceased in 1984, portals were sealed in <br />1986, and the majority of the reclamation within the 21 acre <br />surface facilities area was completed in 1988. A coal loadout site <br />located in an industrial area in Delta was reclaimed, and final <br />bond release was issued in 1987. 1988 reclamation included <br />facilities removal, backfilling and regrading of the portal bench <br />and face-up area to approximate original contour, covering of <br />underground development waste with 4 feet of non-toxic cover, and <br />revegetation. Phase 1 bond release was approved for the mine site <br />in October, 1989. An effective cover of perennial shrubs and <br />grasses has been established on the reclaimed areas at the site, <br />and sediment pond removal was approved on November 30, 1992, <br />although to date the sediment pond has not been removed. Remaining <br />reclamation work includes the sediment pond, lower portion of the <br />haul road, sediment collection ditches and culverts, and monitoring <br />wells, and relocation of the lower section of the permanent channel <br />in the vicinity of the sediment pond. <br />