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n the Phase I bond release application shows the overall azeas covered by the sequence of bonds. <br />Permit Number Bond Number Boud Amouut Boud Com au <br />75-54 C/A 9264191 $1,355,000.00 National Fire Insurance <br />Com an of Hartford <br />C-80-005 9264038 $119,000.00 National Fire Insurance <br />Com an of Hartford <br />C-80-005 9264039 $17,736.00 National Fire Insurance <br />Com an of Hartford <br />C-80-005 9264088 $3,453,662.00 National Fire Insurance <br />Com an of Hartford <br />C-80-005 9264508 $6,475,728.00 National Fire Insurance <br />Com an of Hartford <br />C-80-005 309559 $252,733.00 Seaboazd Sure Com an <br />Total Bond Held $11,673,859.00 <br />The total permit azea at the Seneca II Mine encompasses 3,457 acres. Seneca Coal Company requested <br />release of 2,247.7 reclaimed acres of its total 2,299.3 acres of disturbance at the mine site. The majority <br />of the disturbed area is being requested for Phase I release. Not included by SCC in this SL-O1 bond <br />release are the Shop & Facilities including the diesel storage azea, old and new bone yazds, Solid <br />Waste Disposal Area, and the former access road to the lower Wadge Pit azea that will now become <br />the location of Post-Mine Channel PM-12A. These azeas (51.6 acres) aze not applicable to the Phase I <br />bond release and aze shown on Figure No. 1. <br />An application for Phase I bond release was received by the DRMS on May 24, 2006. There have been <br />no previous bond releases at the Seneca II Mine. The application was deemed complete on July 18, <br />2006, after the DRMS received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. Seneca Coal <br />Company published notice of the bond release application in Steamboat Pilot once weekly for four <br />consecutive weeks, beginning May 21, 2006. Seneca Coal Company also notified land owners within <br />and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as <br />required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference <br />regazding the bond release application were received by the DRMS. <br />The DRMS scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on August 7 through August 11, 2006. <br />The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). Mr. Mike Boulay and Ms. Sandra <br />Brown of the DRMS, Mr. Henry Austin of OSMRE-DFD, and Mr. Roy Kara of Seneca Coal Company <br />attended the inspection. None of the land owners of record attended the inspection; however, all land <br />owners were notified of the inspection via certified mail. <br />Adequacy questions and concerns raised by the DRMS during the inspection are detailed in the DRMS <br />inspection report dated August 24, 2006 and aze summarized below in Section III of this document. <br />There were no separate adequacy correspondence letters sent to Seneca Coal Company. <br />4 <br />