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United States Department of the Interior ~. ~. /Lw~ a- ~~•~ OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement P.O. Box 46667 IN IIEElLY aEr?n Tn: Denver, Colorado 80?01-6667 RECEIVED sane l.s, zoos JUN 192006 8itrisian et Mrnersle snd Geelos~ Ronald W. Cattany, Director Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 2I5 Denver, CO 80202 12E: Phase III Boad'Releaae (SL-07), Trapper Miae, Permit No: C-1981-010, Proposed Decieioa and Fiadiage of Compliance Dear Mt. Cattany: This letter aclatowledges the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Western Region (WR), Denver Field Division`s (DFD) receipt and review of the above Phase III Bond Release Proposed Decision document prepazed by the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) dated May 16, 2006. DFD agrees with the findings in the decision document and hereby provides OSM concurrence for the above bond release action in accordance with 30 CFR 740.1 S (d) (3), and 30 CFR 906.30, Article L~(, Section 24, of the State-Federal Cooperative Ageement. ~ ~ .. , . A thorough summary of previous bond release actions and the operational and reclamation history of the mine aze accurately captured in the DMG Proposed Decision. Public and landowner notification of the bond release provided by the permittee Trapper Mining, Inc. (TMI); and the bond release inspection notifications provided by DMG aze also documented in the Proposed Decision, DMG's inspection report for the bond release inspection, and related coaespondence. OSM, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the State Land Board were notified of the bond release inspection, but each bureau decided not to participate. DMG conducted the bond release inspection required at Colcrado Rule,-Section 3.032 (2) on November 9, 2005. TMI and DMG representatives participated in the bond release inspection. OSM has reviewed the resulting DMG inspection report and associated correspondence. OSM has participated in previous bond release inspections at TMI, including the areas in this bond release application. DMG has not received any public comment regarding this SL-7 bond release application. BLM concurred with the proposed decision in a teller dated May 31, 2006 (copy enclosed). This Phase III bond release requests applies to 185.5 acres of cropland and 577.3 acres of rangeland. Phase I and Phase II bond releases have previously been approved for these acreages proposed in this Phase III release request .... , . ~ ~ NAMERIC.~A~,.