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The Division approved bond release request SL-01 in two parts. This was due to adequacy <br />concerns at both the 720 Pit and Pit 1. The Division's proposed decision to approve a Phase I <br />bond release request for the 720 Pit was issued on June 13, 1995. The Division's proposed <br />decision to approve a Phase I bond release request for Pit 1 was issued on January 23, 1996. <br />Kerr Coal Company submitted an application for a permit renewal for the fifth permit term (RN- <br />04) on September 5, 2000. The Division called the application complete on September 8, 2000. <br />The Division sent out its adequacy review of the permit on October 25, 2000. Kerr Coal <br />Company responded to the adequacy questions on June 14, 2001, with the submission of <br />Technical Revision 20, which was approved on September 4, 2001. The Division approved the <br />application for RN-04 on January 11, 2002. <br />During the review of RN-04, the Division received an application for a Phase I Bond Release for <br />the loadout and a Phase II Bond Release for the 720 Pit and Pit 1 (SL-02). This bond release <br />application was received on September 21, 2000 and approved on June 26, 2001. The bond <br />release reduced the required bond amount by $1,117,641.00, to $700,270.00. <br />During the review of RN-04, the Division also received an application for a Phase I Bond <br />Release for the Marr Pit (SL-03). This bond release application was received on May 17, 2001 <br />and approved on February 1, 2002. There were no bond monies associated with this bond <br />release application, only the release from liability for backfilling and grading and drainage <br />reestablishment activities. <br />Kerr Coal Company submitted an application for a permit renewal (RN-05), for the sixth permit <br />term, on September 21, 2005. The Division called the application complete on September 22, <br />2005. The Division sent out its preliminary adequacy review of the permit on November 14, <br />2005. A cost summary was updated on March 17, 2006. Kerr Coal Company responded to the <br />adequacy questions on February 13, 2006, and the Division approved the application on March <br />17, 2006. <br />The Division received an application for a Phase I, II, and III Bond Release for the Marr Mine <br />(SL-04) on September 10, 2007. The application was found complete on October 9, 2007, and <br />approved on November 17, 2008. Areas associated with SL-04 include permanent structures, <br />permanent roads, reclaimed ponds, pits (Pit 1, Marr Pit, and 720 Pit), and the loadout. SL-04 <br />reduced the required bond amount from $687,268.00 to $19,619.00.