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1.0 Introduction <br />• the amount requested by Basin for Phase III bond release in year 2006 on the Irrigated Pasture and <br />Rangeland Reclamation Areas is $105,358.49. This request covers the 51.5 acres Phase II released in late <br />2000 plus a request for Phase I, II, and III bond release on Ponds 3 and 4, which total 5.6 acres. In all, this <br />Phase III request encompasses 57.1 acres of reclaimed mine land. <br />The following sections provide information that supports approval of Phase III bond release for the <br />irrigated Pasture and Rangeland Reclaimed Areas. The discussion focuses on documentation of <br />revegetation success criteria and capability of the reclaimed area for the approved post-mining land use. <br />The surface-water quantity and quality impact analysis requirement was satisfactorily completed by <br />Basin, and approval to eliminate further analysis was authorized with CDMG approval of TR-54. The <br />historical groundwater quantity and quality impact analysis was submitted to CDMG in the 2005 Annual <br />Hydrology Report, and the 2006 data is included in Appendix B. General information required for a bond <br />release is provided in Table 1. <br />TABLE 1 GOLDEN EAGLE MINE <br />BOND RELEASE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS <br />u <br />• <br />General Permit Information <br />Date of Request September 11, 2006 <br />Permittee Basin Resources, Inc. <br />Permit Number C-81-013 <br />Date Permit Was Approved 1981 <br />Mine Name Golden Eagle Mine <br />Phase of Bond Release Requested Phase III <br />Number of Acres 57.1 <br />Bond Company <br />Bond Number B2718871 <br />Current Total Amount of Bond $141,892.49 <br />Original Total Amount of Bond $1,153,959.00 <br />Dollar Amount Requested for Release $105,358.49 <br />Legal Description of Area Requested Sections 28,29 and 30, T33S R67W <br />A Permit Area Map with Bond Release Request Area <br />Delineated See Figures 2 and 4 <br />Dates Reclamation Work Performed 1996, 1997 1998 <br />Description of the Reclamation Results See application discussion <br />Copies of the Written Notice to Landowners See Appendix C <br />Copy of the Newspaper Advertisement and Proof of <br />Publication See Appendix C <br />A Map Showing the Revegetated Areas, Sample Observation <br />Locations, and the Reference Areas See Figures 2 and 4 <br />A Summary of the Reclamation and Management History for <br />the Bond Release Parcels, Including Maintenance and Repairs <br />of Rills and Gullies <br />See application discussion <br />Documentation of Successful Establishment of Vegetation See Appendix A <br />Alluvial Valle Floors Present <br />Topsoil Replacement Depths Previously approved <br />Prime Farmlands None resent <br />Levels of TSS Contributed b the Reclaimed Areas Previousl approved <br />Permanent Impoundments None resent <br />2215_Go1denEag1e PH3BOND 20063-10-08.doc 1-2