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Tnaeeea Miroina iac. <br />September 8, 2016 VtV -W ED <br />Ms. Tabetha N. Lynch 2016 <br />Environmental Protection Specialist SU I <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety eclamatijon, <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />VIVI n 9 &safety <br />Dear Ms. Lynch: <br />RE: Suspension the Semi-annual Geotechnical Monitoring Report <br />Trapper Mining Inc. (TMI) began submitting semi-annual monitoring reports to the Division, beginning March <br />2008 with the last report completed on March 24, 2016. TMI has been monitoring the 2006 landslide area for <br />movement through the use of a continuous monitoring system. <br />TMI submitted a Technical Revision 115 (TR -115) requesting to remove the slope monitoring requirements and <br />the subsequent reporting from the TMI permit. This revision was approved August 16, 2016. <br />In preparation for the removal of the monitoring and reporting from TMI's permit, a revised ground control plan <br />submitted to MSHA on January 25, 2016 explained that TMI has mined through the landslide area and there is <br />no more material from the landslide to monitor. The revised Ground Control Plan currently on file with MSHA <br />states: <br />"Historic Landslide: <br />A major landslide occurred in the east panel on October 8, 2006. The slide encompassed <br />approximately 250 acres, bounded on the east by Gatling Pit cut Gd02 (which is now called L -Pit) as <br />depicted on Ground Control Plan Map 1. This area has been fully developed and mining operations <br />completed, and is currently being backfilled and graded. Therefore landslide monitoring of the area is <br />no longer being conducted. However, spoil stability and pit endwalls will continue to be observed until <br />backfill operations are complete." <br />A copy of the acceptance/filed letter from MSHA is enclosed. The filing of this plan allowed for the removal of <br />the required monitoring plan. <br />Please contact me if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tonia Perkins, P. E. <br />Senior Mining Engineer <br />P.O. Box 187 Craig, Colorado 81626 (970) 824-4401 <br />