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Seneca II-W Mine Phase I Bond Release
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<br />Section 22: NW'/+, NE'/,, N1/2SE1/4 , SWASEV4, Portions of N'/2SWA, and S%V'/4SE'/4
<br />Section 23: NW'/4, SW A, W'/20/2, and W'/2E'/2E'/2
<br />Section 26: W/2, W'/20/2, and Portions of W'/2E'/2NE'/4 and W'/2E'/2SE1/4
<br />Section 27: E1/2
<br />Section 34: NE'/4, N'/2SE'/4, and Portions of N'/2S'/2SE'/4
<br />Section 35: NW'/4, W'/2NE'/4, N'/2SW'/4 and Portions of N'/2S'/2SW'/4,
<br />NW',/4SE'/4, NW'/4SW'/aSE'/,, NXV/4NE'/4SE'/4, and W'/2E'/2NE'/4
<br />16N, R88W Tie Across Haul Road
<br />Section 14: Portions of SE'/4, SW'/4
<br />Section 23: Portions of N'/2
<br />Section 24: Portions of NE'/4, NAY/'/4
<br />T6N_ R87W Tie Across Haul Road
<br />Section 17: Portions of SW'/4, SE1/4, NEV,
<br />Section 18: Portions of SE'/,
<br />Section 19: Portions of N'/z
<br />(The bond release area does not include any of the Tit : lcross Hard Road ewrridor, only select accts within the mine area.)
<br />All located west of the 6th Principal Meridian; totaling 4,093 acres. The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps
<br />of Hayden Gulch, Hayden, Dunckley, and Mt. Hams, contain the described permit area.
<br />SCC is applying for Phase I release on 1,166.2 acres. A reclamation bond in the amount of $11,117,348 is
<br />currently in place of which $4,864,928 are being requested for release.
<br />Pursuant to Rule 3.03.1, a permittee may request Phase I Bond release upon successful completion of
<br />backfilling, regrading and drainage control in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. For the
<br />purposes of this Phase I Bond Release request, the term "reclaimed" means those disturbed/mined areas
<br />where successful completion of backfil ing, regrading and drainage control, in accordance with the approved
<br />reclamation plan, has been completed. The areas requested for bond release were backfilled and graded from
<br />the beginning of mining, in 1990 through 2008 in accordance with the Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety (CDRMS) rules and regulations.
<br />The Phase I reclamation activities have produced a stable landform in compliance with the approved
<br />conditions in the CDRMS Permit No. C-82-057. The majority of the grading work was performed with
<br />dozers and scrapers. In some cases the major backfilling was done with draglines. All areas affected by the
<br />surface mining operations, except as specifically exempted by the CDRMS, were regraded on a timely basis to
<br />a stable configuration that conforms to the approved post-mine land use (livestock grazing and wildlife
<br />habitat). Rill and gully surveys are conducted annually in the spring of each year to identify areas that have
<br />experienced severe erosion or other signs of instability during spring runoff from snowmelt and precipitation
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