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-4- <br />Final Decision <br />Pursuant to CRS 34-33-125(9), the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />approves, in part, the request for bond release at the Meadows No. 1 Mine. <br />The Board is releasing bond amounts per the following schedule and <br />requirements. <br />The Board finds that the haul road is eligible for release of that money held <br />with respect to stability issues. This includes costs for total backfilling <br />of the road. Additional bond release on the haul road is not warranted, as <br />the operator has not fulfilled the requirements of Rules 4.03.2(1)(b) and <br />4.03.2(4)(iv). These rules require the operator to demonstrate that the road <br />does not cause damage to fish, wildlife, or other related environmental <br />values, and does not cause additional contributions of sediment to streamflow <br />or runoff outside the permit area. <br />Rule 3.03.1(3)(d) requires the Division to retain at a minimum, sufficient <br />bond to complete the approved reclamation plan. Pursuant to this rule, the <br />Division has reviewed the original bond calculations and the calculations <br />presented in the Meadows bond release application. The Division finds that <br />the original assumptions, which were based on total reclamation of the haul <br />road, are no longer valid. Therefore the Division has recalculated the bond <br />which must be retained for the remainder of the liability period. These <br />calculations indicate that 5270,000.00 is required to complete the approved <br />reclamation plan. <br />In summary, the final decision of the Board rendered on August 28, 1986, is to <br />release $745,340.00, based on the demonstration that the haul road is stable. <br />The Division will retain $270,000.00 in bond for the haul road. <br />/ddt <br />revised copy of 7442E <br />doc. no. 3373E <br />