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Introduction <br /> This document is the proposed decision and findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety (the Division) in response to a request for a partial Phase I bond release at the <br /> Trapper Mine,Division permit number C-1981-010. With this application,Trapper Mining Inc. (TMI) <br /> requested Phase I bond release over 298.3 acres of reclamation. <br /> The Findings comprises the following five parts: <br /> I. Introduction <br /> 2. Procedures and summary of the bond release process <br /> 3. Criteria and schedule for bond release <br /> 4. Written observations and findings of compliance the Division prepared as required by the <br /> Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act. <br /> 5. The Division's proposed decision. <br /> Background Information Sources <br /> Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the Colorado <br /> Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced are contained within the <br /> Regulations and in the Guideline Re a� rding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues, dated April 18, <br /> 1995. All "Sections" referenced within this document are contained within the Regulations, unless <br /> otherwise noted. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations at TMI are available <br /> in the Trapper Mine Permit Application Package, on file at the Division offices (1313 Sherman Street, <br /> Room 215, Denver, Colorado) and accessible on the Division web site: <br /> hM2s://dnrweblink.state.co.us/dnns/ <br /> Location of Trapper Mine <br /> The Trapper Mine is a surface coal mine,permitted and operated by TMI and located 6.5 miles south of <br /> the town of Craig, Colorado. The specific sections to which the Phase I bond release request apply are: <br /> o T5N,R90W portions of Sections 5 and 6 <br /> o T5N,R90W portions of Sections 31 and 32 <br /> o T6N,R91W portions of Sections 36. <br /> Reclamation for the requested Phase I SL21 bond release areas was conducted between 2017 and 2019 <br /> and comprises areas designated as Range Sites A and B in Flintlock, Lancaster and Z Pits(F, L and Z <br /> pits,respectively). Each of the bond release parcels has a specific designation identifying the pit the <br /> parcels are associated with, the specific range site seed mixture the parcel was seeded with, and <br /> the year the parcel was seeded. For example, a parcel designated as FB 19 was located in F Pit <br /> and was seeded with the range B seed mixture in 2019. <br /> Permit Number <br /> C1981010 <br /> Prepared by: R.Reilley,MS,GISP <br /> SL21 <br /> Page 2 of 15 <br />