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The permit contains a description and cross sections of proposed backfilling and grading plans for the mine portal bench area, haul road and central facili[ies area, which is predicated upon significant expansion of the existing disturbance area, currently (March 1998) limited to an access road and portal bench which have disturbed only 5.6 acres. In the August 1995 mid-term permit review, the Division identified concerns with regard to the backfilling and grading plan for the proposed portal expansion, primarily relating to the apparent retention of a highwall remnant under the proposed reclamation plan for the portal azea expansion. The Division also expressed concern that there was no specific reclamation plan for the existing portal bench and access road. Subsequently, in Technical Revision No. 11 (TR-11), the applicant submitted an amended reclamation plan for the existing disturbance area, including appropriate topographic maps, cross-sections, and stability analyses, indicating that the existing road and mine bench would be reclaimed in accordance with applicable requirements. The upper segment of the access road will be reclaimed in accordance with Rule 4.03.2(7), with the lower segment retained for the postmining land use. The portal bench azea will be reclaimed to a stable configuration which would approximate original contours, with highwalls and depressions eliminated. The reclamation plan for the existing disturbance azea is presented in Section 3.9 of the permit application, beginning on page 3-22 of Volume I, extending through page 3-35. Reclamation costs were estimated and reclamation bond adequacy is based on the amended reclamation plan for the existing disturbance as described in Section 3.9. Stipulation 23, which was attached to the Division's approval decision for TR-11, requires approval of appropriate revision of the mining and reclamation plan prior to initiation of any additional disturbance, or resumption of active status for purposes other than reclamation. Stinulation No. 23 THE AMENDED RECLAMATION PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED RECLAMATION COST ESTIMATE AS REVISED PURSUANT TO TECHNICAL REVISION N0. 11 ADDRESSES RECLAMATION OF THE DISTURBANCE EXISTING AT THE MINE SITE ON THE DATE OF DECISION ISSUANCE (MARCH 12, 1997). THE PERMIT WILL BE APPROPRIATELY REVISED, AND THE RECLAMATION BOND INCREASED AS NECESSARY, PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER DISTURBANCE, MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, OR RESUMPTION OF ACTIVE STATUS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN RECLAIv1ATION. A REVISED BACKFILLING AND GRADING PLAN WHICH WILL COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 4.14 WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE DIVISION PRIOR TO ANY EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PORTAL BENCH DISTURBANCE. a-t