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• administratively complete permit application package. During the review period no <br />public comments were received. <br />The CO-DRMS determined that an additional $1,465,372.00 for the reclamation of the <br />activities associated with PR-14 is necessary and that a total bond for $15,515,110.00 is <br />adequate for the total reclamation of Colorado Permit C-1980-007 associated with this <br />mining plan. CO-DRMS currently holds a bond for $14,500,000.00 and Mountain Coal <br />Company, L.L.C. will be required to submit the additional bond before initiating any <br />activities associated with PR-14. The bond is payable to the State and the United States <br />of America. <br />A chronology of events related to the processing of the PAP and this mining plan decision <br />is included with the decision document. The information in the PAP, and other <br />information identified in the decision document, has been reviewed by CO-DRMS staff <br />in coordination with the OSM Federal Lands State Coordinator. <br />OSM's administrative record of this mining plan modification consists of the following: <br />- the PAP submitted by Mountain Coal Company L.L.C., and updated through <br />October 9, 2008, <br />• - the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety's (CO-DRMS) <br />West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) Proposed Decision - Permit Revision <br />No. 14 (PR-14) Methane Drainage Wells for Longwall Panels E2 Through E12, <br />- the Final Environmental Impact Statement entitled, Deer- Creek Shaft and E <br />Searn Methane Drainage Wells Project EIS, prepared by the U.S. Forest Service <br />with OSM as a cooperating agency, and <br />- correspondence developed during the review of the PAP, including concurrences <br />and recommendations of the BLM and USDA Forest Service. <br />Attachments <br />