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the work had to be performed by the Division, including the cost of reestablishing vegetation on any revegetated azeas, should those azeas fail. The permittee currently has on deposit with the Division a corporate surety bond in the amount of $25,900,000.00. The Division is currently reviewing a bond release request for the Trapper Mine for Phase II bond release, SL-06. The estimated reclamation costs for tasks requested in SL-06 aze included in the 2005 midterm reclamation cost estimate until the Division makes a final decision on SL-06. The current surety bond held by the Division, $25,900,000.00 is $1,781,361.00 less than the 2005 Midterm reclamation cost estimate. The Division requests that the permittee submit a rider to its existing surety to bring the bond amount into agreement with the estimated reclamation cost. A copy of the Division's estimate is included with this fmdings report. PART III -REQUESTED REVISIONS OF PERMIT APPLICATION Based on the current Midterm Review, the Division finds that permit application C-81-010 contains the seven deficiencies described below. As a result of these findings, and to correct the deficiencies, the Division requests that the perrnittee submit revised permit pages in a Revision by August 31, 2005. The corrections aze necessary to ensure compliance with Section 2.05.3 and Section 4.05.13(1)(b). Blast monitoring 1. Rule 2.05.3(6)(a) states in part that, "Each application shall contain a detailed description of the specific mining operations proposed to be conducted within the permit area. This description shall include, at a m;n;mum, a surface blasting plan for the proposed permit azea explaining how the applicant intends to comply with the requirements of (Rule) 4.08." Rule 4.08.1(3) states, "The blaster and at least one other person must be present at the firing of a blast." The Trapper Mine permit application package currently contains no commitment to this effect. Please include a sentence in Section 3.4.3 "Blasting Operation" that states, "The certified blaster and at least one other person will be present at the firing of a blast." This sentence could be inserted between the first and second sentences on page 3-30 (6/30/03) of the permit Application Package. 2. Trapper Mining Inc. submitted to the Division on Mazch 11, 2004 a study prepazed by Vibra-Tech entitled, "Air Overpressure and Ground Vibration Study for Trapper Mining Inc., Trapper Mine, Craig, Colorado." The purpose of the study was "to guide Trapper and the Division in determining an appropriate future (blast) monitoring frequency schedule" (June 24, 20031etter from Trapper Mining inc, to Janet Binns entitled, "Trapper Mining Inc., Permit No. C-81-010, Permit Renewal RN-04/Permit Revision PR-O5, Response to Round III Comments"). The conclusion of the study states, "The air overpressures recorded ranged in levels from 88 dB to 128 dB. While quite noticeable and even annoying to people, the levels aze well below the nationally-accepted criteria discussed eazlier in the Trapper Mine Page 6 6/29/2005 Midterm Review