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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />July 29, 2014 <br />Forrest Luke <br />Trapper Mining, Inc <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig, CO 81626 <br />RE: Trapper Mining, Inc., Permit C- 1981 -010 <br />Permit Revision PR -07; Adequacy Review No. 4 <br />Dear Mr. Luke: <br />The Division received Trapper Mining's response to the 2nd and 3rd adequacy review letters on July 8, <br />2014. The Division has reviewed the response and the proposed revisions and have several additional <br />items that will need to be addressed prior to the approval of PR -07. For clarity, the Division used the <br />original adequacy review letter format and included Trapper's responses to the adequacy items; previous <br />items that have been resolved were omitted. <br />Rule 2.04; Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources: <br />2.04.3 Site Description and Land Use Information: <br />2. Please submit a map in accordance with Rule 2.043(2)(a) that depicts the uses of land for the <br />additional permit acreage in accordance with the land use categories established in the land use <br />definitions in Rule 1.04. <br />a. Trapper's Response: Map M28, referenced on page 2 -170, is revised to include the <br />additional permit acreage. All of the new acreage is included in "Rangeland" and 'Wildlife <br />Habitat" land uses. <br />b. Division's Response: Using the Web Soil Survey on the Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service website, the Division conducted a Farmland Classification check to determine if <br />any area within the PR7 expansion area could be considered prime farmland. It does not <br />appear prime farmland areas exist within the proposed expansion area. However, as a <br />result of that inquiry, the Division identified a soil unit (Unit 99; Hesperus Fine Sandy <br />Loam) that has a rating of "Farmland of Statewide Importance ". Enclosed with this letter <br />are the results of the web soil survey for the farmland classification of the PR7 expansion <br />area. <br />Revised Map M28 — Lands Use Map (Identification of Lands Possibly Used for Farming <br />Prior to Mining), was revised and the permit boundary was updated. However, the layer <br />OF COG0 <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us I <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director * 1876 <br />