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Trinidad, which is the landowner, the inspection was rescheduled and conducted on <br />November 29, 1993. <br />The Phase I, II and III bond release site inspection was conducted on November 29, 1993 in accordance <br />with Rule 3.03.2(2). Representatives of the Division, Energy Fuels Mining Company, and the City of <br />Trinidad were present. On November 30, 1993, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface <br />Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), conducted afollow-up inspection of the site. The OSM <br />inspection report, submitted to the Division on December 16, 1993, stated that the CDOT topsoil <br />stockpile would have to be regraded or removed before Phase I bond release could be granted. The <br />OSM report also stated that the loadout site would not be eligible for Phase II bond release until <br />vegetation, required to prevent erosion, had become established, or until the proposed post-mining land <br />use of wastewater sludge disposal had been implemented. On January 21, 1994, the Division received <br />a request from the permittee, Energy Fuels Mining Company, to extend the Division's proposed <br />decision due date to February 28, 1994. <br />The City of Trinidad stated in a letter dated February 9, 1994, that the topsoil stockpile had been placed <br />by CDOT with the City's knowledge and approval. The permittee, Energy Fuels Mining Company, <br />was apparently not informed of the agreement between the City of Trinidad and CDOT to store the <br />topsoil material at the loadout site. The City of Trinidad also stated. that the Burlington Northern <br />Loadout property was currently being utilized in accordance with the approved post-mining industrial <br />land use. <br />-2- <br />