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Introduction <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division), received an application <br />for a permit revision to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Trapper Mine <br />Inc. The application was submitted by Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI) who operates the mine. The <br />Trapper mine is located on state and private lands within Moffat County, Colorado. <br />The review process for permit renewals as well as detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance are described in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (C.R.S. 34-33-101 <br />et seq.) and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Rules <br />referred to in this document are contained within those regulations. Specific information about <br />TMI's mining and reclamation operations can be found in the permit application and permit revision <br />applications on file with the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and, in DRMS's document management system at the <br />following website: <br />http://dnnsweblink.state.co.us/drmsweblink/search.aspx?dbid=0 <br />This Findings document comprises the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division) for TMI, Permit Revision No. 8 (PR8), and includes: <br />1. The proposed decision to approve the permit revision application. <br />2. A summary constituting: <br />a. A history of the review of the permit revision application. <br />b. A description of the environment affected by the operation. <br />C. A description of the mining and reclamation plan. <br />3. The written findings of compliance the Division prepared as required by the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />This permit revision (PR8) application addresses Stipulation 22 stemming from PR7, issued in 2015, <br />and will allow the company to continue mining and reclamation as currently approved. <br />