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TR~pP~R MIN1N~ INS. June 13, 2x07 RECEIVED JUN 2 0 2001 ltitr. Billy Owens prviswn of Reclamation, MSI3_A -District 9 Mining and Safety P.O. Bos 25367, DFC Denver, CO 80225-0367 RE: K-Order No. 7620997 Termination Renuest Dear Mr. Owens: Trapper Mining Inc. (TMI) is hereby requesting that K-Order No. 7620997 issued October 8, 2006, be terminated. Trapper is making this request after over eight months of careful ongoing monitoring and inspection of the area involved in and adjacent to the slide. The east panel landslide area has for the most part stabilised and no longer represents a threat to the safety of any person to any greater degree than that posed by routine surface mining operations. All personnel and equipment originally involved in the slide azea have been safely recovered. Since the slide occurred, a number of activities specifically targeting stabilization, rionitor~ng and exploration measures have been authorized through a series of K-Order modifications. Sinular activities will continue to be required in the future (i.e. crack sealing, drainage management and exploration and monitoring work) as Trapper works to further stabilize the area, evaluate the remaining coal reserves and develop plans for mining. However, given Trapper's experience and the increased knowledge gained regarding the current status of the slide area over the past eight months, Trapper does not believe it is necessary to continue to obtain authorization for these ongoing efforts on a task by task basis through the K-Order modification process. No mining activity has taken place within the east panel Landslide area since the slide occurred and no mining will take place within the slide area until such time as a revised mining p]an is developed for the coal resources remaining and a commensurate revised ground control plan is developed and submitted to specify the ground control measures appropriate for said plan. An updated ground control plan is being submitted to MSHA under separate cover that describes in general terms the activities that Trapper may undertake in the east panel slide azea. This ground control plan commits Trapper to resubmitting an updated plan before mining commences within the east panel slide area. Survey monitoring conducted throughout the slide area has shown that the majority of the land mass involved has stabilized since the initial slide and is now characterized by only insignificant additional movement associated with minor localized settling and/or survey precision error. Survey monument 07-GX2-BM (N 402,750E 1,435,741) situated along southwestern margin of S:~tifSHACOMPIK Order No. T62U997 Tertninatinn Rtyuest.doc P.O. Box 187 Cram, Colorado 81626 (970) 824-440t