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reported that only 4.6 acres of additional disturbance had occurred in 2013 in the M Pit area. <br />Trapper indicated on their report cover letter submitted with the 2013 Annual Reclamation <br />Report that the cumulative disturbance number was found to be less than the actual present <br />disturbance that has been depicted on their 2013 annual reclamation report maps and previous <br />maps submitted. Trapper stated that a definitive discrepancy between the values they had carried <br />for several years and the total disturbance depicted on the maps could not be found. Based on <br />ththe disturbance boundary depicted on the annual reclamation report maps <br />has not significantly changed for many years but appears to be accurate. The erroneous total <br />cumulative disturbance that has been reported on the annual reclamation report form is clerical. <br />Based on a conversation with the Trapper staff, they had not checked their running total against <br />their survey mapping and thus this error has not been identified in the past. When the Division <br />approved TR113, the increase in disturbed area was inadvertently omitted from the TR113 <br />Proposed Decision Form. The Division subsequently adjusted the amount administratively in the <br /> following the approval of MR220. The 185.6-acre increase in the <br />thus be reflected in the Proposed Decision Form for PR7. <br /> <br />Area approved for disturbance in Permit Renewal RN-06 (added here with the approval of PR7) <br /> <br />The total actual on-the-ground disturbed area at the Trapper Mine at the beginning of 2013 was <br />3321.8 acres. Sixty-five acres of new proposed disturbance, as approved under RN-06, TR113, <br />MR220 and PR7, is planned within the five-year permit term from December 31, 2012 through <br />December 31, 2017. Table 3.1-3 of Trappers permit, revised with PR7, shows the approximate <br />yearly disturbance and reclamation in acres for the 2012-2017 permit term. Of the 65 acres, 4.6 <br />acres were disturbed in 2013 in the M Pit area (TR113) and the Division approved 2.3 acres to be <br />disturbed in the K Pit area in 2014 (MR220). In 2014, seven tenths (.7) acres was re-disturbed in <br />the Ashmore Pit (TR114). With the approval of PR7, the total projected life of mine disturbance <br />at the end of the 2012-2017 permit term, including areas that have been Phase III bond released, <br />will be 6629.9 acres. At the writing of this document, Trapper has obtained Phase III bond <br />release on 3242.4 acres; thus the total cumulative approved disturbed area less the currently <br />approved Phase III bond release area is 3387.5acres. This acreage (3387.5 acres) includes area <br />currently disturbed and the additional acreage planned to be disturbed during the 2012-2017 <br />permit term. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />Trapper MineJuly 9, 2013 <br /> <br />