Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-770: Release of performance bond or deposit - Application

The permittee may file a request with the Department for the

release of all or part of a performance bond or deposit. Within

thirty (30) days after any application for bond or deposit release

has been filed with the Department, the operator shall submit a copy

of an advertisement placed at least once a week for four (4)

successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the

locality of the surface coal mining operation. Such advertisement

shall be considered part of any bond release application and shall

contain a notification of the precise location of the land affected,

the number of acres, the permit and the date approved, the amount of

the bond filed and the portion sought to be released, and the type

and appropriate dates of reclamation work performed and a

description of the results achieved as they relate to the operator's

approved reclamation plan. In addition, as part of any bond release

application, the applicant shall submit copies of letters which he

has sent to adjoining property owners, local governmental bodies,

planning agencies and sewage and water treatment authorities or

water districts in the districts in which the surface coal mining

and reclamation activities took place, notifying them of his

intention to seek release from the bond.