2019-10-10_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/10/2019
• From: DRMS
• To: Trapper Mining Inc
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Section_Exhibit Name: RCE SL19
• Email Name: RAR
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Submittal of Bond Release Application and Completeness Determination by the Division
TMI submitted the bond release application following the procedures described in the Act and
Regulations. The application also utilized the Division's Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine
Bond Release Issues, dated April 18, 1995.
The Division received TMI's Phase II bond release application SL19 on 8 August 2017, and found
the application complete on 11 August 2017, after the Division received proof of publication of
the applicant's public notice. The completeness determination was made in accordance with
Section 3.03.2(1)(d). Map 1,entitled SL19 Phase II Bond Release Area Delineation and submitted
with the application, shows the location of each parcel.
Bond Release Parcels
SL 19 requests phase II bond release for the following nine parcels.
Table 2. Summary of Bond Release Parcels and Associated Acres
Parcel Acres Parcel Acres Parcels Acres
AB09 0.3 AB 12 10.1 AB 13 15.6
FA11 46.8 FA12 94.6 KA11 57.4
KA 13 29.4 ZA 12 46.5 ZA 13 75.4
Public Notice
TMI published notice of the bond release applications in the Craig Daily Press once weekly for
four consecutive weeks beginning on July 21, 2017. TMI also notified landowners within and
adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release,
as required by section 3.03.2(1). The Division received no written comments, objections, or
requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application.
Bond Release Inspection
As the SL19 application was deemed complete as submitted and no adequacy questions were posed
my DRMS, the Division conducted a bond release inspection on the 29th and 30th of August,
2017. The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Section 3.03.2(2). The Division
notified the operator, surface owners, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Office of Surface
Mining (OSM), and the Colorado State Land Board of the inspection via certified mail. Jerod
Smith of the Colorado State Land Board was unable to attend. Attendees included:
o Tom Medlin, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE) #182
o Robin Reilley, LISP; Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety(DRMS)
o Dan Hernandez, Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety(DRMS)
o Jennifer Maiolo, Bureau of Land Management(BLM)
o Graham Roberts, Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI)
On 26 September 2017, DRMS provided the SL19 bond release inspection report to TMI, BLM,
OSM and the Colorado State Land Board via electronic transmission.
Permit Number C 1981010
SL19