2014-02-27_REVISION - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 2/27/2014
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review No. 2
• From: DRMS
• To: Trapper Mining, Inc
• Type & Sequence: PR7
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O RA D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 P I V I S I O o f
RECLAMATION
Phone: [phone] MINING
FAX: [phone] —&—
SAFETY
February 27, 2014
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Forrest Luke
Trapper Mining, Inc. Mike King
Executive Director
P.O. Box 187
Craig, Colorado 801626 Loretta Pineda
Director
RE: Trapper Mining Inc., Permit No. C- 1981 -010; Permit Revision No. 7 (PR7) adequacy Review No. 2
Dear Mr. Luke,
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received your response to the Division's first
adequacy review for Permit Revision No. 7 on January 28, 2014. Adequacy items are organized by the Rule in
which they pertain and /or the permit section the\, are in reference to. Below is a list of adequacy review questions
from the first adequacy review and additional adequacy questions if applicable. For each of the adequacy questions,
Trappers response is included and the statuses of the items are noted.
Rule 2.04; Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources:
2.04.3 Site Description and Land Use Information:
1. Section 2.05 of the permit application discusses pre -mine land uses. Rule 2.04.3(2) requires the application
to contain a statement of the condition, capability and productivity of the land within the proposed permit
area. Please amend section 2.05 as necessary for the new acreage to be added to the permit area.
a. Trapper's Response: None of the uiarratie e on page 2 -170 of Section 2.5 needs revisiooi as a result
of the uoiclusion of the new area ivithuui the permit area.
b. Division's Response: This item is resolved.
2. Please submit a map in accordance with Rule 2.043(2)(a) that depicts the uses of land for the additional
permit acreage in accordance with the land use categories established in the land use definitions in Rule
1.04.
a. Trapper's Response: Map M28, referenced orI page 2 -170, is revised to include the additiorIall
permit acreage. All of the new acreage is uncluded 'II "Rangeland"° and "Wildlife Habutat land
uses.
b. Division's Response: Using the Web Soil Survey on the Natural Resources Conservation Service
website, the Division conducted a Farmland Classification check to determine if any area within the
PR7 expansion area could be considered prime farmland. It does not appear prime farmland areas
exist within the proposed expansion area. However, as a result of that inquiry, the Division
identified a soil unit (Unit 99; Hesperus Fine Sandy Loam) that has a rating of "Farmland of
Statewide Importance ". Enclosed with this letter are the results of the web soil survey for the
farmland classification of the PR7 expansion area.
Revised Map M28 – Lands Use Map (Identification of Lands Possibly Used for Farming Prior to
Mining), was revised and the permit boundary was updated. However, the layer depicting the land
use categories does not extend into the eastern portion of the expansion area. Revised Map M16 -
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