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Permit <br />Number <br />Bond <br />Number <br />Bond Amount <br />Bond Company <br />75 -54 C/A <br />9264191 <br />$1,355,000.00 <br />National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford <br />C -80 -005 <br />9264508 <br />$5,575,756.00 <br />National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford <br />C -80 -005 <br />309559 <br />$252,733.00 <br />Seaboard Surety Company <br />Total Bond <br />Held <br />$7,183,489.00 <br />Exhibit A (Bond Release Area) of the SL -4 application shows the permit area covered by the <br />reclamation bonds, as well as the total disturbed area and portions of the disturbed area for <br />which Phase I release was requested in the initial SL -1 application submittal. <br />The total permit area at the Seneca II Mine encompassed 3,457 acres. The total disturbed acreage <br />was 2,295.3 acres (326.5 acres of pre -law disturbance, 1968.8 acres of interim and permanent <br />program disturbance). The Division has processed three previous bond release applications for the <br />mine: <br />SL -1 was deemed complete on July 18, 2006 and approved December 27, 2006. <br />This resulted in Phase I release on 2,054.5 acres of disturbed land; 259.1 acres of <br />pre -law, and 1,795.4 acres of interim and permanent program lands. Liability <br />was reduced by $3,481,593.00. <br />SL -2 was deemed complete on August 15, 2007 and approved on November 29, <br />2007. SCC requested final bond release on 259.1 reclaimed acres of pre -law <br />lands within the permit area, and the Division granted full bond release for <br />257.71 acres. In the SL -2 findings, it was determined that Bond 9264191 issued <br />by the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford for Permit No. 75 -54 C /A, in <br />the amount of $1,355,000.00 was dedicated solely to the pre -law lands. Based <br />on reclamation cost assessment performed in association with SL -1 and SL -2, the <br />Division determined that reclamation liability associated with remaining pre -law <br />lands (68.79 acres) was $285,484.00. Thus, the Division approved release of up <br />to $1,069,516.00 from Bond 9264191. <br />SL -3 was called complete on June 18, 2008 and approved on April 1, 2009. SCC <br />initially requested Phase II release on 1,793.5 acres of interim and permanent <br />program lands, and the Division granted Phase II release on 1213.1 acres. The <br />Division released $1,975,695.00. <br />SL -4 Review Summary <br />With this SL -4 application, Seneca Coal Company requested Phase I Bond Release on 135.3 <br />Page 6 of 30 <br />