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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for Phase H bond release at the Trapper Mine, Division file <br />number C- 1981 -010. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of <br />the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the <br />Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision <br />on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Trapper Mine is a surface coal mine which was permitted and operated by Trapper Mining, Inc. <br />(TMI). The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is state and private, and the <br />coal ownership was federal, state and private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested <br />was conducted between 2005 and 2010. Each of the bond release parcels have a specific designation that <br />identifies the pit the parcels are associated with, the specific range site seed mixture the parcel was <br />seeded with (see details in the Criteria for Phase H bond release below) and the year the parcel was <br />seeded. For example, a parcel designated as F -AB -07 was located in F Pit and was seeded with the <br />range AB seed mixture in 2007. <br />TMI is requesting Phase II bond release on 277.8 acres in the following parcels; A -C -05 (7.1 acres), A- <br />B-09 (9.2 acres), A -B -10 (83.5 acres), F -AB -07 (38.3 acres), F -AB -08 (49.8 acres), F -AB -09 (31.0 <br />acres), F -A -10 (15.0 acres), K -A -10 (18.0 acres), Z -A -07 (12.9 acres), Z -A -08 (7.3 acres) and Z -A -10 <br />(5.7 acres). All of the parcels were combined as one bond release block designated "A, F, K &Z <br />RSAB &C 2005- 2010 ". <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />