2021-12-09_REVISION - C1981010 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/9/2021
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Trapper Mining Inc
• Type & Sequence: SL23
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: RAR
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table 2.Summary ofBond Release Parcels
and Associated Acres
Parcel Acres Phase I Phase II Table 2 lists the parcels requested in
AB09 7.8 SL14 SL16 SL23, the acreages associated and the
AB09* 0.3 SL18 SL19 permitting action releasing the parcels
AB 10 83.5 SL14 SL16 ft om phase I and II liability.
FAB09 31.0 SL14 SL16
FA10 15.0 SL14 SL16
FAll 46.3 SL14 SL19
KA10 18.0 SL14 SL16
KA11 57.4 SL14 SL19
ZA10 5.7 SL14 SL16
Public Notice
Trapper Mining, Inc. published notice of the bond release application in the Craig Press once weekly for
four consecutive weeks,beginning 20 August 2021. 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 SL23 application was deemed complete as submitted and no adequacy questions were posed by
DRMS at that time,the Division conducted a bond release inspection on 7 October 2021. 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. Attendees included:
o Karen Jass, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE)
o Robin Reilley, GISP; Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining, and Safety(DRMS)
o Jennifer Maiolo,Bureau of Land Management(BLM)
o Graham Roberts,Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI)
o Brian Teschner, Colorado State Land Board
On 28 October 2021,DRMS provided the SL23 bond release inspection report to TMI, and to the BLM,
OSM and the Colorado State Land Board on 29 October 2021 via electronic transmission.
Adequacy Review
No adequacy issues arose during the review of the application nor during the on the ground inspection.
The approved post mining land use for all SL23 parcels is rangeland with wildlife habitat. All
parcels within the bond release block were seeded with the range site A/B seed mix. All parcels
within the bond release block have been seeded for ten (10), or more years.
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