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c" .;. <br />t- <br />.o <br />reclamation liability remaining in the permit area is Phase III liability for all of the 45.31 acres <br />subject to the SL-04 bond release. In accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.2(1) and <br />5.02.2(4), the Division proposes to reduce its inspection frequency as required by Section 5.02.2(2), <br />once this proposed decision becomes final. <br />The Division currently holds a reclamation bond from Oakridge in the amount of $405,834 for the <br />entire Carbon Junction Mine. The Division proposes to release $293,669 of the bond liability, <br />leaving liability of $112,165. This amount of bond will be retained for the remainder of all areas <br />under permit C-92-080 at the Carbon Junction Mine, and is sufficient for a third party to cover the <br />cost of reestablishing revegetation on the lands that have not received Phase III bond release. The <br />retained amount is approximately $2,476 per acre for the disturbed area on the site. <br />Section 3.02.1(7) requires retention of sufficient bond for the Division to reclaim the disturbed lands <br />to a condition capable of supporting the pre-mining land uses, should the industrial, commercial, <br />residential, or recreation land uses prove infeasible and the operator forfeits the bond. The pre- <br />mining land uses of the bond release area were rangeland and dryland farming. The Division <br />estimates the cost to reclaim the bond release area to these premining land uses would be $60,060, an <br />amount that is less than the proposed remaining liability of $112,165. <br />Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by this proposed decision <br />may request a formal public hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board in accordance with <br />Section 3.03.2(6). Public notice of this proposed decision will be published once weekly for two <br />weeks in the Durango Herald for two weeks as soon as possible. Requests for public hearing must <br />be submitted to the Division in writing within thirty days of the first publication in the Durango <br />Herald. If no hearing is requested within that thirty days, the Division's proposed decision will <br />become final. <br />18