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C-1981-010/Trapper Mine RAR <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 9 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 6 of 12 <br />Figure 1. Disturbed area is identified with a purple polygon. The area disturbed outside of the approved <br />topsoil strip/reclaim area (green polygon) is the subject of the Cessation Order and violation. Image from <br />M10B Map approved with PR11. <br />Topsoil has been stripped in this area and TMI was actively drilling in preparation for mining this area. <br />This land is not approved to be disturbed. Therefore, TMI has failed to conduct surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations only on those lands contained within the boundaries authorized on the permit <br />application maps for the term of this permit and only as described in the approved application in <br />accordance with conditions and agreements No. 7 and No. 8 of TMI’s Coal Mining Permit (Permit No. C- <br />1981-010). <br />This activity constitutes a violation of Rule 2.05.2(2) for failure to provide a general description and <br />appropriate map(s), prepared in accordance with Rule 2.10 describing the area of land to be affected over <br />the life of the operation and/or according to the anticipated sequence of mining and reclamation. <br />This activity also constitutes a violation of Rule 2.05.3(2)(a) for failure to provide a detailed narrative <br />description and appropriate map(s) prepared in accordance with Rule 2.10, describing the land to be <br />affected within the permit area according to the proposed sequence of mining and reclamation. Further, <br />this narrative and/or map(s) shall include detailed timetables sufficient to describe the various mining <br />phases. Finally, the maximum acreage proposed for each phase of the operation within the permit area <br />must be specified. <br />This is a violation of C.R.S. 34-33-111(1)(a) & (e). <br />Abatement #: 1 <br />Abatement Due Date: 8/11/2023 <br />Abatement Due Extended Date: <br />Abatement Date: <br />Abatement Description: Submit and receive approval of a technical revision to revise the mining <br />and reclamation plans to cover the unapproved disturbed land.