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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Trapper Mining Inc., P.O. Box 187, Craig, CO 81626 ( CDRMS Permit No. C -81 -010, approved (7/9/13), <br />intends to request release of Phase I bond liability on portions of its reclaimed mine lands. A surety bond <br />in the amount of $30,173,724 is presently in place. No reduction in the amount of the bond is sought <br />with this bond release application. <br />Those portions of the mine for which Phase I bond release liability is requested contain 120.4 acres of <br />rangelands reclaimed during 2013 that have been backfilled and regraded, with controlled drainages <br />constructed, retopsoiled and reseeded in accordance with CDRMS regulations. A perennial native <br />grass /forb /mountain shrub community will be established to achieve the post- mining land use of <br />rangeland. <br />This information is being proposed as bond release request SL -15. All reviews and comment periods as <br />provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this date of filing. Trapper <br />Mine is located 6'/2 miles south of Craig, Colorado. The specific area to which this proposed bond release <br />request applies is: <br />TSN, R90W Portions of Section 6. <br />T6N, R90W Portions of Section 31. <br />T6N, R91 W Portions of Section 35. <br />The Castor Gulch USGS 7.5- minute quadrangle map contains the location of the affected area. Written <br />comments or objections or requests for public hearing or informal conference concerning this bond <br />release application may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 215 Centennial Bldg., 1313 Sherman St., Denver CO 80203, (303) <br />866 -3567. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety must receive comments within 30 <br />days of the last publication of this notice or within 30 days of the onsite inspection, whichever is later. <br />Published in the Craig Daily Press September 16`'' 23rd and 30`" and October 7`h of 2013. <br />The mailing address for Trapper Mine is: Forrest V. Luke <br />Environmental Manager <br />Trapper Mining Inc. <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig CO 81626 <br />GCR 9/5 <br />SL -15 pubnot.doc <br />