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PART I -INTRODUCTION <br />Purpose of this Document <br />This document presents the results of the Midterm Permit Review of Trapper Mining Inc.'s <br />Trapper Mine. The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ("Division") conducted this <br />review for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act ("Act"), and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining ("Regulations"). <br />Organization of this Document <br />This document is divided into the following three parts: <br />Part I -Introduction <br />Part II-Summary of Operations, Revisions to Permit, <br />Violations, Stipulations, Variances, and Bond <br />Part III -Requested Revisions of Permit Application <br />Midterm Review Requirements of the Regulations <br />Section 2.08.3 of the Regulations requires the Division to conduct a general review of each <br />mining and reclamation permit prior to the middle of the permit's term (2'~z years). Based <br />on this Midterm Review, for good cause shown, the Division may require the permittee to <br />revise or modify the permit in order to ensure compliance with the Act and Regulations. . <br />Table 1, below, lists the other Sections of the Regulations that require a Midterm Review of <br />specific aspects of each permit. <br />Table 1-Specific Midterm Review topics <br />Section Topic Applicability at Trapper Mine <br />2.06.2(10) Experimental practices Inapplicable, no such practices. <br />2.06.3(4)(a) Mountaintop removal Inapplicable, no such variances. <br />variances <br />2.06.5(3)(c) Vaziances from approximate applicable, no such variances. <br />original contour <br />Trapper Mine Page 2 November 6, 2000 <br />Midterm Review <br />