2003-02-24_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1994082

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STIl'ULATION NO. 17 SCC WILL SUBMIT 3 COPIES OF PAGE 16, TABLE 22-5, VOLUME X, TAB 22 FOR FIELD MINOR REVISION #17 BY APRIL 18, 2002. STATUS: Complied with 02/11/2003. Stipulation No. 17 has been satisfied by Ghe submittal of the revised pages in a letter to the Division dated 04/12/2002. SECTION IV -MIDTERM ADEQUACY QUESTIONS The Division does not have any adequacy questions or continents regazding this Midterm Review. SECTION V -PERMIT VARIANCES AND SPECIFIC APPROVALS During the current permit term, the Division granted a variance from contemporaneous reclamation at the Yoast Mine. This variance applies to a portion of the current pit operations as well as to portions of the mine site that have been backfilled and graded. A summary of the vaziance approval is provided below. Changes to the reclamation schedule for various areas at the Yoast Mine were approved with Technical Revision No. 20. Pursuant to Rule 4.14.1(1)(c), the Division approved a vaziance from the requirements that rough backfilling and grading be conducted within 180 days following coal removal. This variance applied to the North Area pit and still applies to the northern portion of the Yoast South Area pit, as depicted on Exhibit 19-1A. The North Area pit has been backfilled and graded. The northern portion of the South Area pit has been mined out; however, backfill and grading will commence during 2003/2004. In addition, channel reconstruction will not commence in some mined out portions of the South Area pit unti12005. SECTION VI -BONDING SUMMARY The Division holds an approved bond on behalf of the permittee for the Yoast Mine. The bond is a Corporate Surety from Seaboard Surety Company, Bond No. 329873, in the amount of $4,600,000.00. Pursuant to Rule 3.02.2(4), the Division has reviewed the Yoast Mine reclamation liability. - - - - - Arttache~3s tfire~reclaznatiotrcost~stimate for the 2003 MidternrRevtew for the Yoast mine.- The estimate is 66 Tasks (a summary sheet and tasks 001 - 087) and represents a new liability of $4,455, 317.00. This is an increase of $36, 473.00 over SCC's current liability of $4,418,844.00. The Division holds a bond of $4,600,000.00. SCC does not need to submit additional bond as a result of this Midterm Review.