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Submittal of Bond Release Application and Completeness Determination by the Division <br />The Division received TMI's bond release application SL -17 on October 14, 2015. The application was <br />found complete on October 23, 2015, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's <br />public notice. The completeness determination was made in accordance with Section 3.03.2(1)(d). <br />TMI submitted the bond release application following the procedures described in the Act and <br />Regulations. The application also utilized the Division's Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond <br />Release Issues, dated April 18, 1995. Map 1, entitled "SL -17 Phase III Bond Release Area Delineation" <br />and submitted with the application, shows the location of each parcel. <br />Public Notice <br />TMI published notice of the bond release application in the Craig Daily Press once weekly for four <br />consecutive weeks, beginning on Sept 21, 2015. TMI also notified landowners within and adjacent to the <br />mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by section <br />3.03.2(1). The Division received no written comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference <br />regarding the bond release application. <br />Bond Release Inspection <br />The Division conducted a bond release inspection on July 6, 2016. The site inspection was conducted in <br />accordance with Section 3.03.2(2). Attendees included: <br />• Christine Belka, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) #182 <br />• Charlie Earl, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) <br />• Tabetha Lynch, Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) <br />• Jennifer Maiolo, BLM <br />• Jason Musick, DRMS <br />• Graham Roberts, Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI) <br />• Jerod Smith, Colorado State Land Board <br />The Division notified the landowners of the inspection via certified mail. <br />Adequacy Review <br />On August 11, 2016, the Division sent adequacy review items along with the SLI 7 bond release inspection <br />reportto TMI. The Division requested that 1.8 acres of parcel A -C-04 be excluded from the SL -17 bond <br />Trapper Mine Page 4 November, 2016 <br />Phase III Bond Release (SL -17) <br />