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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Trapper Mining Inc., P.O. Box 187, Craig, CO 81626 (CDRMS Permit No. C-1981-010, approved 11/29/17), <br />intends to request release of Phase II bond liability on 175.0 acres of its reclaimed mine lands. A surety bond in the <br />amount of $30,500,000 is presently in place. No reduction in the amount of the bond is sought with this bond release <br />application. <br />Those portions of the mine for which Phase II bond release liability is requested were reclaimed from 2014 to 2016 <br />and have been retopsoiled, reseeded and hydrologically stabilized in accordance with CDRMS regulations. A <br />perennial native grass/forb/mountain shrub community has been established to achieve the post -mining land use of <br />rangeland. <br />This information is being proposed as bond release request SL -22. All reviews and comment periods as provided in <br />the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this date of filing. Trapper Mine is located 6'/z miles <br />south of Craig, Colorado. The specific area to which this proposed bond release request applies is: <br />T5N, R90W Portions of Sections 5 and 6. <br />T5N, R91 W Portions of Section 2. <br />T6N, R90W Portions of Section 31. <br />T6N, R91W Portions of Sections 35 and 36. <br />The Castor Gulch USGS 7.5 -minute quadrangle map contains the location of the affected area. Written comments or <br />objections or requests for public hearing or informal conference concerning this bond release application may be <br />submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, <br />215 Centennial Bldg., 1313 Sherman St., Denver CO 80203, (303) 866-3567. The Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety must receive comments within 30 days of the last publication of this notice or within <br />30 days of the onsite inspection, whichever is later. Published in the Craig Daily Press on August 7, 14, 21 and 28, <br />2020. <br />The mailing address for Trapper Mine is: Forrest V. Luke <br />Environmental Manager <br />Trapper Mining Inc. <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig CO 81626 <br />SLr22 public notice.doc <br />