3.eneca H-W Atine 11hare I Bond Release
<br />Aige 2
<br />Section 22:
<br />Section 23:
<br />Section 26:
<br />Section 27:
<br />Section 34:
<br />Section 35:
<br />M8
<br />Section 14:
<br />Section 23:
<br />Section 24:
<br />T6. R8L
<br />Section 17:
<br />Section 18:
<br />Section 19:
<br />NW',/., NE'/., N'/,SE'/., SW/4SF-.'/., Portions of N'/zSW'/,, and SW'/.SF.,'/4
<br />NW /4, SW/4, W,/2E.`/z, and W /2E"12E'/z
<br />W'/z, W/2 E/2, and Portions of W'/iE"/2W/4 and W'/2E1,'2SF.1,,;
<br />E'z
<br />NE'/,, N'/iSE'.i., and Portions of N!'2S!•2SE'/4
<br />NW','s, W',iNE'/., N'/zSW'/. and Portions of N' 2S'/2SW'/4,
<br />NVV/.SF.',i., NAY /4SW'/.SF.'/., NBC,',%NE!4SE',/4, and W"2E', 2NE'%
<br />1'ie Across Haul Road
<br />Portions of SE'h, SW'/4
<br />Portions of N'/z
<br />Portions of NE!/., NW/'
<br />Tie Across IIa ,I Road
<br />Portions of SW/., SE'/., NE'/.
<br />Portions of SE'/.
<br />Portions of N'i2
<br />(The bond release area doer not include any of the Tie,4,7,vsr Haul Road corridor, only xelea ae7rs riithin 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 per ittee 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 backfilling, 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 ((.DRMS) rules and regulations.
<br />The Phase I reclamation activities have produced a stable landform in compliance with the approved
<br />conditions in the CDRNIS 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 draghnes. 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 toy the approved post-mine land use (livestock grazing and wildlife
<br />habitat). Rill and gully sun,eys 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
|