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<br />Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />SCHEDULE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION <br /> <br />Notice of Violation No.: CV-2023-001 <br /> <br />NATURE OF VIOLATION: <br /> <br />Trapper Mining, Inc. (“TMI” or “Permittee”) has disturbed and affected land located north of the 2023 topsoil <br />strip/reclaim limit of J Pit West (as per Map M10B approved with PR11). <br /> <br /> Figure 1. Disturbed area is identified with a purple polygon. The area disturbed outside of the approved topsoil strip/reclaim area (green polygon) <br />is the subject of the Cessation Order. Image from M10B Map approved with PR11. <br /> <br />Topsoil has been stripped in this area and TMI was actively drilling in preparation for mining this area. This land <br />is not approved to be disturbed. Therefore, TMI has failed to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations only on those lands contained within the boundaries authorized on the permit application maps for the <br />term of this permit and only as described in the approved application in accordance with conditions and <br />agreements No. 7 and No. 8 of TMI’s Coal Mining Permit (Permit No. C-1981-010). <br /> <br /> <br />ACT, REGULATION, OR PERMIT PROVISION(S) VIOLATED: <br />ACT SECTION(S): 34-33-111(1)(a) & (e) <br />REGULATIONSECTION(S): Rule 2.05.2(2), 2.05.3(2)(a) <br />PERMIT SECTION(S): Permit Application Package Section 3 <br /> <br /> <br />PORTION OF THE OPERATION TO WHICH THIS NOTICE APPLIES: <br />TMI has disturbed and affected land located north of the 2023 topsoil strip/reclaim limit of J Pit West. <br /> <br />This activity constitutes a violation of Rule 2.05.2(2) for failure to provide a general description and appropriate <br />map(s), prepared in accordance with Rule 2.10 describing the area of land to be affected over the life of the <br />operation and/or according to the anticipated sequence of mining and reclamation. <br /> <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 affected <br />within the permit area according to the proposed sequence of mining and reclamation. Further, this narrative <br />and/or map(s) shall include detailed timetables sufficient to describe the various mining phases. Finally, the