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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />mirLirtg and Safety <br />Ck-paTimoni c.4 NaluraJ resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />10 May 2017 <br />Mr. Graham Roberts <br />Environmental Engineer <br />Trapper Mining Inc. <br />P.O. BOX 187 <br />Craig, CO 81626 <br />RE. Trapper Mine, Permit No. C1981010 <br />DRMS Review of TR 118 2016 Annual Reclamation Report Preliminary Adequacy Questions <br />Dear Mr. Roberts: <br />The Division has completed its preliminary review of TR 118, the 2016 Annual Reclamation Report for <br />Trapper Mine submitted as a revision to Appendix W of the permit. The revision was received on March <br />15, 2017. The report contains all the information required by Rule 2.04.13(1) and (2). Adequacy issues are <br />bulleted in bold below. <br />The reclamation summary table; Table 1 Section 1, summarizes all reclamation activities achieved in 2016. <br />The report indicated that 48.8 acres in the L Pit area were disturbed in 2016. A Phase III bond <br />release inspection took place July of 2016. The decision was issued in January of 2017 for 448.4 <br />acres of the 450.2 acres requested. During 2016, Trapper received no bond release approvals. <br />Rule 2.04.13(1:) <br />The name and address of the permittee is provided. <br />(a) The location and number of acres disturbed during 2016 are discussed in Section 1.2.1 in <br />Appendix W. Trapper created 48.8 acres of new disturbance in the L -Pit area. No previously <br />reclaimed lands were reported to have been disturbed in 2016. <br />(b) The location and number of acres backfilled and graded during 2016 are discussed in Section <br />1.2.2 and depicted on Map 1 of Appendix W. Trapper backfilled and graded approximately 143.7 <br />acres of land to final contour in 2016. These parcels are situated in the A, F, K, and Z Pit areas. <br />(c) The location and the number of acres topsoiled during 2016 are discussed in section 1.2.3 and <br />depicted on Map 1 of Appendix W. The number of acres coincides with the number of acres backfilled <br />and graded. <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us '�'•'s +4 <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director k3x <br />