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AN,COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Deparment of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />May 27, 2015 <br />To: Tabetha Lynch <br />From: Brock Bowles <br />Re: Trapper (Permit No. C-1981-010) <br />Mid -Term Review 7 <br />I have finished reviewing the sections of the Trapper Permit that were assigned to me for the mid-term 7 review. <br />As per Dan Hernandez's March 2, 2015 email, I reviewed sections 2.04.12 (1-5), 2.06.6 and 4.25. All these <br />sections address the investigation and operation of mining on prime farmlands. <br />In the Trapper permit, Section 2.6 Part 2 page 2-344, is a letter from the USDA Soil Conservation Service dated <br />February 21, 1980. The letter concludes that prime farmlands do not exist within the Trapper permit area <br />because of a short growing season, lack of natural precipitation and no irrigation or sub -irrigation. This letter <br />was written in 1980 and the Trapper Mine has expanded its permit boundary since that time. It is unclear from <br />the permit if another prime farmland determination has been completed. <br />A Web Soil Survey(websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov) was conducted by the Division to verify if soil types that <br />could be considered prime farmland exist at the Trapper Mine. The current permit boundary shapefile was used <br />in the Web Soil Survey to create an area of interest (AOI) which describes the soil types within the permit <br />boundary. One soil type was identified as having the possibility of being prime farmland if irrigated. The soil <br />is map unit symbol 10, battlement fine sandy loam with 0 to 3% slopes. This soil type exists in two locations <br />within the Trapper Permit for a combined area of 17.8 acres. <br />Please update the prime farmland determination and include a discussion about the two areas of battlement fine <br />sandy load with 0 to 3% slopes that are found within the permit area. <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />