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reestablishment on 32.7 acres as described above and depicted on Figures 3 and 4 of this document. <br />The Division has not previously released SCC from Phase I bond release on the Pond 012 slide area, <br />and thus is not proposing to increase the reclamation bond liability for this area. The currently <br />approved performance bond amount includes estimated costs for remediation work in the Pond 012 <br />area. <br />In addition to the surety increase, the Division will require SCC to submit a revision to the permit <br />application package to revise the disturbed area boundary to include all of the Pond 013 slide area <br />that was regraded. <br />The Division estimates its cost to complete remaining reclamation work at the site to be <br />$2,164,901.00. This estimate includes liability for backfilling and regrading work on the 136.08 <br />acres that have not been Phase I bond released (shown on Figures 5a, 5b, and 5c of this document), <br />including the additional disturbed area associated with the Pond 013 slide; topsoil redistribution on <br />the 256.6 acres not yet Phase II released; complete reseeding of all 848.6 disturbed areas; drillhole <br />sealing, backfilling, regrading, and reseeding of the 2002 and 2003 exploration programs (Minor <br />Revisions 18 and 20); sealing of monitoring wells, and required maintenance over the remaining <br />liability period. A detailed summary of the remaining reclamation tasks and associated costs is <br />provided in Table 2 of this document. <br />The Division currently holds a performance bond of $2,611,566.00 for the Yoast Mine. The current <br />performance bond liability (after approval of SL -4) is $2,159,230.00. The Division proposes to <br />increase the bond by $5,671.00, for a revised total liability of $2,164,901.00. This amount is <br />ufficient to assure completion of the remaining reclamation work at the site if the work had to be <br />performed by the Division, including the cost of reestablishing vegetation on any revegetated areas, <br />should those areas fail. <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 />Rule 3.03.2(4). Public notice of this proposed decision will be published twice in the Steamboat <br />Pilot as soon as possible. Requests for public hearing must be submitted to the Division in writing <br />within thirty days of the first publication in the Steamboat Pilot. If no hearing is requested within <br />those thirty days, the Division's decision will become final. <br />