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Map 3.02.2 M1 in the PSCM permit application shows the bond release status of the 3,068 acres of <br />land proposed for transfer from the Seneca II Mine permit area to the PSCM permit area. Of those <br />lands, 1,697.1 acres have received Phase I bond release, 1,211.4 acres have received Phase II bond <br />release, and 257.7 acres have received Phase III bond release. The lands that have received Phase III <br />release are lands where surface coal mining operations activities commenced prior to the enactment <br />of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Backfilling and grading has been <br />completed on all lands to be transferred except where structures remain that have been approved as <br />permanent. All regraded disturbances have been covered with topsoil and revegetated, with the <br />exception of an 8.1-acre tract located in Section 11, Township 5 North, Range 87 West. This 8.1- <br />acre tract has a Phase I bond release application in review (Seneca 11 Mine, SL-4). <br />Upon completion of underground mining at the PSCM, the following reclamation tasks will be <br />performed on surface disturbances: portals will be sealed, structures will be demolished and <br />transported for disposal off-site, the surface will be regraded to approximate original contour, <br />drainage will be re-established, topsoil from the stockpile will be replaced on disturbed areas to a <br />minimum depth of 12 inches, seeding and shrub transplanting will be performed for providing <br />erosion control and for supporting the postmining land uses of rangeland, wildlife habitat, and <br />recreation. <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine 14 May 7, 2010