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Colorado State Land Board of the inspection via certified mail. Attendees included: <br /> o Graham Roberts,Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI) <br /> o Thomas Medlin, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE) <br /> o Robin Reilley, GISP; Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining, and Safety(DRMS) <br /> o Daniel Cunningham, Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining, and Safety(DRMS) <br /> DRMS conducted the bond release inspection with available sister agencies in attendance on 13 October <br /> 2020 and provided the associated inspection report to TMI, BLM, OSM and the Colorado State Land <br /> Board via electronic transmission on 2 November 2020. DRMS received the OSM inspection report from <br /> Thomas Medlin on 23 October 2020. <br /> Adequacy Review <br /> No adequacy issues were apparent on review of the application. Minor maintenance issues were identified <br /> on inspection and discussed with the operator at the time consisted of: <br /> • A gully forming in the lower portion of constructed drainage FA16 and noted in DRMS's October <br /> 2020 inspection report along with mitigation. <br /> • The lack of a vegetation transect located in drainage FA16. <br /> The gully was repaired by the operator and photo documentation was submitted to DRMS. DRMS <br /> confirmed resolution of the issue. DRMS worked with TMI to clarify the results of the revegetation <br /> success monitoring, discussed the lack of a vegetation transect with the operator and understands the <br /> difficulties of locating vegetation monitoring transects in small, isolated features not part of a contiguous <br /> large parcel. All adequacy review items have been addressed to the Division's satisfaction. <br /> III. APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR BOND RELEASE <br /> Phase I Bond Release <br /> Rule 3.03.1(2)(a) states: <br /> "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released when the permittee <br /> successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage control in accordance with the <br /> approved reclamation plan." <br /> Trapper Mine accomplishes backfilling of the mined pits primarily with draglines, using overburden <br /> and inter-burden material from a cut to backfill a previous, adjacent cut. Other equipment such as <br /> bulldozers, scrapers, backhoes, front-end loaders and trucks are also used to backfill areas. Once <br /> backfilled, bulldozers and/or graders grade the area to achieve approximate original contour. The <br /> approved reclamation plan for the Trapper Mine calls for backfilling and grading mine excavations and <br /> shaping the backfilled areas to the approximate configurations shown on the Postmining Topography <br /> Map, Map M12 in the permit. Graded areas are to blend into the surrounding adjacent areas. Every <br /> year TMI submits to the Division their Annual Reclamation Report(ARR)revising Appendix W of the <br /> permit. Each ARR includes a map showing actual post-mining topography from the previous year. <br /> Topographic cross sections, drainage profiles comparing as built and approved drainage profiles will <br /> be the same as those given in the permit. All reestablished drainages are delineated on Map I of the <br /> bond release application, entitled; SL22 Phase II Bond Release Area Delineation. TMI has spared no <br /> Permit Number C1981010 <br /> SL22 Page 6 of 18 <br />