1998-03-12_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 (2)

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application. - Volume 8, Chapter V Section D. 3., and Section E. of the Mid - Continent Resources permit application. The Division's expection for revegetation success is based on revegetation success standards established in Volume 8, Chapter V, Appendix V -G -1. 27. Please state where in the approved Reclamation Plan that the Huntsman Ridge Road ( ±20,000 lineal feet) is the responsibility of MCR and where this covered in the Reclamation Bond? If the approved Reclamation Bond does not cover this reclamation, what is the authority for if? Are there documents relating to this costs? If so, please attach a copy of such documents to your responses to these interrogatories or state the circumstances under which these documents may be inspected and /or copied. Response: Objection: See the Division's general objection to the Defendants' definition of "reclamation plan." This definition excludes portions of the approved permit and, therefore, excludes many reclamation requirements mandated by MCR's permit. Without waiving this objection, the Division's response includes references to other portions of MCR's permit: On September 11, 1984, and on July 12, 1985, Mid - Continent Resources received approval of revision requests which addressed upgrading, construction and reclamation of this road. The Reclamation Bond, as defined in the Defendants' interrogatories, means the security and /or pledge posted by Mid - Continent Resources, Inc. The security and /or pledge was a first lien on a piece of real estate in Garfield County. The security and /or pledge does not contain references to specific reclamation tasks or costs. Therefore, "reclamation bond" does not refer to any tasks or costs. There are documents that relate to this cost. The documents will be made available for inspection at a mutually convenient time at the Division's offices in Denver and \or in Grand Junction. 16