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Objection: As to that portion of the interrogatory <br />which refers to the term "Reclamation Plan," please see the <br />general objection to the Defendants' definition of reclamation <br />plan. As defined in these interrogatories, this term excludes <br />many portions of the approved permit and, therefore, excludes <br />reclamation requirements mandated by MCR's permit. The <br />Division's response includes references to reclamation <br />requirements contained in other portions of the approved <br />permit: <br />Reclamation of the slopes adjacent to the roads is <br />addressed in the Coal Basin Mine Permit Renewal Application <br />Volume 8, Chapter V. <br />Revegetation of the mine bench outslopes is addressed in <br />the Coal Basin Mine Permit Renewal Application, Volume 8, <br />Chapter V, Appendix V -G -1, and in the Proposed Decision and <br />Findings of Compliance dated August, 1984. <br />Intermountain Soils Incorporated report titled Steep <br />Slope Plot Studies - Coal Basin Mines; dated September 20, <br />1989; commissioned by Mid - Continent Resources and submitted to <br />the Division. Evaluation of steep slope revegetation test <br />plots on mine bench outslopes. <br />As defined in the interrogatories, the term NLRB) <br />Reclamation Bond is defined as the security or pledge posted <br />by Mid - Continent Resources. This document is a Deed of Trust <br />regarding a parcel of land referred to as the Limestone or <br />Rock Dust Plant. This document does not discuss reclamation <br />requirements or cost. Therefore, as defined by the <br />Defendants, "reclamation bond" does not refer to any <br />reclamation tasks or costs. <br />There are documents which relate to this task and its <br />estimated cost. The documents will be made available for <br />inspection at a mutually convenient time at the Division's <br />offices in Denver and \or Grand Junction. <br />45. In the Geo -Hydro Report 1983 predicating the <br />initial permit, 6.9 acres are included for road cut -slope and <br />7.4 acres are included for road fill slopes. Many of the <br />roads slopes surveyed in this report have stabilized and <br />revegetated. Please state whether the acreages in the Geo- <br />26 <br />