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Roy Karo Seneca Coal Company Apri124, 2006 Page 2 3. Provide a written description of the reclamation results as they relate to the approved reclamation plan and the criteria used in the determination. The reclamation criteria are dependent on the permit in effect at the time of reclamation and the program dates discussed in item 1 above. 4. On page 2 of the Bond Release Request, the list of permit numbers and approval dates should include any pre-law permits covering the reclamation requested for release. 5. In accordance with Rule 3.03.2(1) please add these to the list of public notifications any municipalities, sewage and water treatment authorities, water conservancy and water conservation districts in the locality in which the surface coal mining operations took place. The town of Hayden and the Colorado Division of Wildlife should be included in the local government agencies notification. 6. In accordance with Rule 3.03.2(1)(b) please add to the Public Notice the following information. The type and appropriate dates of reclamation work performed, and a description of the results achieved as they relate to the permittee's approved reclamation plan. In the Public Notice, replace the statement ".... were backfilled and graded from the beginning of mining...", with the actual yeaz that backfilling and grading began. The Public Notice should also state that the bond release application includes pre-law and interim lands and the correlating permit numbers. The number of acres associated with each of these categories should be designated along with the appropriate permit number. In the Public Notice, the number of acres requested for release between the first paragraph (2,213.7 acres) and the third paragraph (3,457 acres) is somewhat misleading. It should be clearly stated that the total permit area encompasses 3,457 acres and the amount requested for Phase I release is 2,213.7 acres. A copy of the complete bond release application should be sent to the Office of Surface Mining, Western Regional Coordinating Center, P.O. Box 46667 Denver, CO 80201-6667, Attention: James Fulton. Since the Seneca II Mine is a federal mine, the OSM will be involved with the field inspection. It is helpful if OSM has a copy of the application and maps to prepaze for the inspection. OSM will also provide concurrence on the DMG's proposed decision for OSM and for BLM. 9. It would be helpful to have the total number of acres that the permit are encompasses (3,457) listed on page 1 as well as the number of acres requested for Phase I bond release.