<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=174bCv_1GzGiwRR00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=174bCv_1GzGiwRR00" width="932" height="642" ></figure>Partial Bond Release ApplicationDeer Creek Mine Permit #: C/015/0018Permittee: PacifiCorpPermit Approval: February 7, 2026 (renewal)Rilda Canyon Topsoil Storage (0.51 acres – Phases I-III release)Raw Water Pond Pipeline Corridor (1.10 acres – Phases I-III release)PacifiCorp has filed an application with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining for the full bond release of two of its five remaining reclaimed areas of the closed Deer Creek Mine. The areas proposed for release are located in Rilda Canyon and near the Huntington power plant, as shown.PacifiCorp’s Rilda Canyon facilities were constructed on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to provide mine ventilation capacity and access to the Deer Creek mine’s northern underground mine workings and reserves. In 2019, PacifiCorp and its contractors removed stockpiled soil from the Rilda Canyon topsoil storage area, located within portions of the SW¼NW¼ and NW¼SW¼ of Section 28 of Township 16 South, Range 7 East, as part of reclamation of the nearby Rilda Canyon 1st Right portal facilities. The empty storage area was roughened and seeded. After wildfire-induced flooding threatened nearby water collection facilities, the North Emery Water Users Special Service District (NEWUSSD) constructed a permanent rock-armored drainage channel and access road over the topsoil storage footprint with USFS approval. In 2021, the USFS concurred with a Phase I-III bond release for this area and the reclamation plan has been modified for consistency with its present land use. In 2017, PacifiCorp constructed a pipeline to convey anticipated post-mining drainage from underground workings located north of the Rilda Canyon 1st Right portals to PacifiCorp’s Huntington plant. The raw water pond pipeline corridor area, located on an established industrial area owned by PacifiCorp in portions of the S½NW¼ and the NE¼SW¼ of Section 36 of Township 16 South, Range 7 East, was backfilled, regraded, and seeded as part of pipeline installation in November 2017. The post-mining land use requirements of this industrial area have been met.PacifiCorp currently maintains a $5,202,000.00 reclamation surety bond payable to the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining and the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. The amount of the requested bond release is $3,000.A physical copy of the bond release application may be examined at the office of the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 1210, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-5801 and at the Emery County Recorder’s Office at 75 East Main Castle Dale, UT 84513. A digital copy of the application can be found on the Division’s website, ogm.utah.gov. Written comments, objections, or requests for a public hearing and/or informal conference may be submitted to the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining at the address above. Said comments must be submitted thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this notice.This notice is being published to comply with the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, and State and Federal regulations promulgated pursuant to said Act.Published in the ETV Newspaper November 11, November 18, November 25 and December 2, 2026.</div></body>

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(0.51 acres – Phases I-III release) (1.10 acres – Phases I-III release) PacifiCorp has filed an application with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining for the full bond release of two of its five remaining reclaimed areas of the closed Deer Creek Mine. The areas proposed for release are located in Rilda Canyon and near the Huntington power plant, as shown.

Partial Bond Release Application – Deer Creek Mine

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(0.51 acres – Phases I-III release) (1.10 acres – Phases I-III release) PacifiCorp has filed an application with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining f

Partial Bond Release Application – Deer Creek Mine

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