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Page 2 <br /> DMG is expected to complete work on the remaining areas during 1999. At the <br /> present time, reclamation by the DMG is the only activity occurring at the site. <br /> The permit now in effect provides for release of responsibility for water <br /> discharges, to occur on conclusion of reclamation, upon release by the Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board (MLRB) of the reclamation bond. However, the MLRB revoked Mid- <br /> Continent's mining and reclamation permit in 1992, and forfeited the reclamation bond <br /> in 1993. Since that time, proceeds of the forfeited bond, supplemented by additional <br /> funds made available through Mid-Continent's bankruptcy proceeding, have been used <br /> for reclamation at the site. Reclamation has been completed at the various mine <br /> portals and benches, some of which are no longer accessible due to reclamation of <br /> access roads. <br /> *Mid-Continent is not in a position to disturb reclamation work done by the state <br /> of Colorado in order to enter and affect property owned by the United States <br /> government. Decisions affecting the discharge points on these properties are within <br /> the discretion of the Forest Service, as owner, and the DMG. We thus believe it is <br /> inappropriate for Mid-Continent to continue as permittee for these areas. <br /> Mid-Continent has requested a declaratory judgment as to rights and <br /> responsibilities for maintenance of the 001 ponds, in connection with a proceeding in <br /> the Pitkin County District Court, Case No. 97 CV 131-3, <br /> One question which has arisen in connection with anticipated reclamation plans <br /> is whether the various sediment ponds, which had been installed to control sediment <br /> loss from the areas disturbed by mining activity, should remain in place or be removed. <br /> While the approved reclamation plan calls for their removal as part of the final <br />