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The bond release blocks requested in the above legal description comprise areas of the Ashmore (A), <br /> Flintlock(F), and East Flintlock(Z). <br /> Land and Coal Ownership <br /> The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is state and private; and the coal <br /> ownership mined was federal, state,and private. <br /> Summary of Current Activities at Trapper Mine <br /> Trapper Mine is an active mine with two pits where TMI actively mines coal, one pit where mining is <br /> scheduled to begin, and includes pits (Ashmore,Derringer and Enfield) approved to receive coal <br /> combustion residues from the Craig Station power plant. Reclamation at the Trapper Mine continues as <br /> the mining of pits progresses eastward. On active mine areas,backfilling and grading,topsoil <br /> redistribution and seeding occur contemporaneously. <br /> L SUMMARY OF THE BOND RELEASE PROCESS <br /> History of Previous Bond Release Submittals <br /> The Division approved a full release of reclamation liability for the Craig Generation Plant Loadout in <br /> December 1985. That approval was for release of reclamation liability only. No money was returned; <br /> that is,there was no reduction in the amount of actual bond monies held by the Division. <br /> Other bond release submittals (SLO1 through SL23) are summarized in Table 1, including a history of <br /> liability reductions requested by TML None of the prior bond releases resulted in an immediate change <br /> in the amount of actual bond monies held by the Division,but did lead to changes in monies held during <br /> subsequent actions such as permit renewals. <br /> V. <br /> Permit Number. C1981010 Page 3 of 16 <br />