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1 ~~ ~•-. Trapper Mine, Permit C81-010 Phase II Bond Release Inspection, Application SL-3 November 7, 2001 8:15 am - 12:30 pm Weather: Cool and dry at start, becoming colder; freezing rain last 15 minutes. Participants: Forrest Luke, Trapper Janet Binns, Colo DMG Randal Pair, OSM/WRCC BLM (Rob Ernst) notified, but did not participate This bond release application is on a small part of the Trapper mine, near the NW corner. Both the surface and the mineral are owned by the State of Colorado. The postmining land use of this section is cropland (hay crop); a reference area is located just N of the affected area. The field inspection began near the NW corner of the application area we proceeded by foot generally counter- clockwise through the release area. The hay on both the reclaimed area and the reference area had been harvested, with little regrowth having occurred. A few steeper slopes had not been harvested. Near the W end there were areas of repaired settlement scarps along the highwall, much less than 1 acre in total, One erosion rill was observed along the N edge of the area, but it was stable and was not headcutting. DMG had previously verified topsoil replacement depths, so this was not observed during this inspection. No problems were observed relative to Phase II requirements. As noted above, this is State land, and BLM did not participate in this inspection. In response to the public notice of bond release application, both DMG and Trapper had received a comment from an adjoining landowner about loss of water from a spring. Ms Binns and i decided that this complaint would not apply specifically to the area in question, and would not specifically address Phase II requirements. Therefore we decided that DMG would handle this comment separately as a citizen complaint.