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area and affected land at the loadout site. This proposal also releases $47,702 of the currently held $89,817 bond liability at the mine site. This proposal includes releases of an equivalent Phase UIUIII liability for the Stoney Ridge Fan Shaft Road Bridge located at the mine site. This proposal retains bond liability of $42,115 for removaUreclamation of the mine water treatment facilities, for removal/reclamation of the remaining ground water and surface water monitoring facilities, and for removal of mine signs and mazkers. This proposal also acknowledges the reclamation liability for the mine water treatment facilities as the type of liability described in Rule 3.06.2 and proposes to retain jurisdiction by the Division over this reclamation liability. This proposal also acknowledges the reclamation liability for the surface and ground water monitoring facilities as the type of liability described in Rule 3.03.1(2) and proposes to retain Division jurisdiction over this remaining reclamation liability. The Division proposes to retain its jurisdiction over the removal of mine permit signs and markers. The Division proposes to retain jurisdiction over 4.3 disturbed-area acres of the 65.2 disturbed- azeaacres in the current Permit. The Division proposes to release an additional 58.9 disturbed- azea/affected-area acres from Phase III Bond liability. The Division also proposes to recognize affected-area release of the 2.0 acres of the section of the loadout haul road approved for Phase I, Phase II and Phase III Bond Release under SL-04. As a result, the total affected-area acreage released would be 60.9 acres. The Division also proposes to retain its jurisdiction for azeas that both overlie underground mine workings associated with the permanent program permit and that lie outside of the footprint of released surface-disturbed azea, even though no bond is held for these azeas. Concurrent with approval of this bond release proposed decision, the Division also proposes to reduce the frequency of inspections required under Rule 5.02.2 of the permitted North Thompson Creek mines and loadout sites to one complete inspection per calendaz quarter. A copy of this Proposed Decision to release Minrec, Inc. for liability for reclamation work as described in the SL-OS Application and this supporting Findings of Compliance is being provided to Minrec, Inc. (permittee), the U.S. Bank N. A., the Gazfield and Pitkin County Commissioners, the Office of Surface Mining, Kent Wellner of the United States Forest Service, Bruce Fowler of the Bureau of Land Management, Janet Buck (Town of Carbondale), owners of the Crystal River Ranch, owners of the North Thompson -Four Mile Mineral and Land Corporation, Jeffery & Bambi Burtard, and the Aspen Glen Golf Company. A copy of this Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance document will be on file for public inspection at the offices of the Division, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215; Denver, Colorado, and at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder's Office, Garfield County Court House, 109 8`h Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Concurrently, the Division is publishing written notice of its proposed decision once a week for two consecutive weeks in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the surface coal mining operation. The Division completed its preliminary evaluation of the Application on Mazch 24, 2003. These notifications advise the SL-O5, C-81-025, Mazch 24, 2003 Page 25 of 26 Pages