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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) in response to a request for a partial Phase II bond release at the Trapper Mine, Division <br />pennitnumber C-1981-010. The package contains four parts. These parts include: 1) procedures and <br />summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regazding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the <br />Division's proposed decision on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Trapper Mine is a surface coal mine, which is pemutted and operated by Trapper Mining, Inc. Land <br />for which bond release has been requested is state owned, and the coal is state owned. Reclamation for <br />which bond release has been requested was conducted between 1982 and 1994. <br />Trapper Mine, SL-03, Findings z April 19, 2002 <br />