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1.7.1 Public Notification, Permit Revision for 2023-2027 Term
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<br />The following notice is to inform the public of a permit revision for the Trapper Mine. Figure 1.7 gives a visual
<br />presentation of the active mining area associated with the notice.
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
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<br />Trapper Mining Inc. intends to revise its surface coal mining permit (DRMS Permit No. C-1981-010, approved
<br />12/31/17) to project future permit term activities (2023 to 2027). This action is being proposed as permit revision
<br />PR-11. Projected activities include disturbing an additional 137 acres within the approved permit area to add new
<br />mine pits and advance current pits. The present permit allows for a pond spillway and flume to be within 100 feet
<br />of a section of County Road 107. All reviews and comment periods as provided in the Act and Regulations
<br />promulgated thereunder initiate from this date of filing. Trapper Mine is located 6½ miles south of Craig,
<br />Colorado. The specific area to which this proposed permit revision applies is:
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<br />T5N, R90W Section 4 W½NW¼, W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, NE¼SW¼ south west of Moffat County Road 33,
<br /> W½W½NE¼NW¼, W½W½SE¼NW¼
<br /> Section 5 All
<br /> Section 6 N½, N½ S½
<br /> Section 8 N½NW¼, N½NE¼
<br /> Section 9 N½NW¼, NW¼NW¼ south west of Moffat County Road 33.
<br />T5N, R91W Section 1 N½, SW¼, N½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼.
<br /> Section 2 All.
<br /> Section 3 All.
<br /> Section 4 E½, E½E½ SW¼, E½SE¼NW¼, NE¼NW¼.
<br /> Section 5 NE¼,
<br />T6N, R90W Section 30 SW¼.
<br /> Section 31 All.
<br /> Section 32 S½, S½ N½, NW¼NW¼.
<br /> Section 33 That portion which lies west of the ROW of Moffat County Road 33.
<br />T6N, R91W Section 21 That portion containing Trapper Mining Inc. access.
<br /> Section 25 S½, S½ N½.
<br /> Section 26 S½, S½ N½.
<br /> Section 27 S½, S½ N½, S½ N½ NE¼, SE¼ NE¼ NW¼.
<br /> Section 28 S½, N½ east of County Road 107 excluding the portion north of the Trapper Mine
<br />access road.
<br /> Section 29 SE¼, E½ SW¼, E 150' W½ SW¼.
<br /> Section 32 E½, E½ W½, E 150' W½ W½.
<br /> Section 33 All.
<br /> Section 34 All.
<br /> Section 35 All.
<br /> Section 36 All.
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<br />The Castor Gulch and Breeze Mountain USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle maps contain the location of the affected
<br />area. The subject revision is available for public inspection at the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 W. Victory
<br />Way, Craig, CO. Written comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference concerning this permit
<br />revision application may be submitted, within 30 days of the last publication of this notice, to, and additional
<br />information obtained from, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 215 Centennial Bldg., 1313
<br />Sherman St., Denver CO 80203, (303) 866-3567.
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<br />The mailing address for Trapper Mine is: Graham C. Roberts
<br /> Environmental Supervisor
<br /> Trapper Mining Inc.
<br /> P.O. Box 187
<br /> Craig CO 81626
<br />1-64
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