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for future reclamation tasks, should they be necessary. <br />Permitting Revocation and Bond Forfeiture <br />On April 9, 199 th Division issued two Notices of Violation (NOV) to TPI and on <br />April 16, 19 e Division issued a CPeMined n Order for failure to abate the <br />previously is OV's. On April 16, 19 Division issued an Order to Show <br />Cause Why Permit Should Not Be Revok n April 29, 199 ?T I requested a <br />review of th Cause Order in front of Land Reel on Board. On <br />May 29, 1 6 the oard held a formal public hearing and subsequently ordered that <br />the permi be rev ed and that the reclamation bond, in the amount of $22,660.00, be <br />forfeited t ivision to complete remaining reclamation at the site. <br />Inspection History <br />The Twin Pines No. 2 Mine was inspected on a monthly frequency until the fall of <br />2002, when the inspection frequency was reduced to two complete inspections <br />each year as allowed by Rule 5.05.2(8). All written inspections are part of the <br />documentation record at this site. No unusual problems or issues were identified <br />in any of the inspections conducted over the liability period. <br />III. CRITERIA AND SCHEDULE FOR BOND RELEASE <br />PHASE I <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(a) states, "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be <br />released when the permittee successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage <br />control in accordaps with the approved reclamation plan." A Phase I bond release was <br />approved in 19 <br />PHASE II <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) states, "Up to eighty-five percent of the applicable bond amount shall <br />be released upon the establishment of vegetation which supports the approved post- <br />mining land use and which meets the approved success standard for cover... based on <br />statistically valid data collected during a single year of the liability period". In regard to <br />Phase II bond release, Rule 3.03.2(3)(b) also states, " No more than sixty (60) percent <br />of the bond shall be released so long as the lands to which the release would be <br />applicable are contributing suspended solids to stream flow or runoff outside the permit <br />area in excess of premining levels as determined by baseline data or in excess of levels <br />determined on adjacent non-mined areas". <br />PHASE III <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(c) states that the final portion of performance bond, "shall be