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II. CHRONOLOGY OE THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />Settaration of Phase II from Phase I Evaluation <br />Trapper submitted the Phase [I bond release request (application) to the Division simultaneously <br />with a Phase [bond release request that became final iv(arch 19, 1993. The Phase [release included <br />the lands that are in the Phase [I request, alon_ with other lands. During the initial review of the two <br />requests it became apparent that as part of the Phase fI request, Trapper would need to submit an <br />additional sedimentologic analysis in order to demonstrate that the areas to be released are not <br />yielding suspended solids in e:ccess of premining conditions. Consequently, Trapper elected to have <br />the Division review the Phase II request separately from the Phase I request, hence the current Phase <br />[I review, findings, and proposed decision. <br />Previous Bond Releases <br />Prior to the combined Phase I/Phase II bond release application, there had not been any previous <br />bond release applications submitted by Trapper for the Trapper lvline. There had been a liability <br />release application submitted in September of 198 and approved in December of 1985. The liability <br />release, which did not involve any bond release, was for the Craig Generation Station Loadout. <br />Submittal Procedures <br />Trapper submitted the Phase II partial bond release request following the procedures described in <br />the Act. The request also utilizes the Division's Guideline Re2ardinp Selected Coal Mine Band <br />Release Issues, dated April 18, 1995. The bond release is only a release of reclamation work <br />liability. No adjustment in the dol]az amount of the bond will be made in this bond release. <br />Timin; of Reclamation and Bond Release Submittal <br />The Phase II bond release application (request) follows reclamation of portions of the Trapper Kline <br />that occurred from 1979 through 1995. The application for Phase II bond release was received by <br />the Division on September 9, 1996. The Division found the application complete on October 16, <br />1996, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. <br />Public Notice <br />Trapper published notice of the bond release application in the Northwest Colorado Daily Press <br />once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning on September 6, 1996. Trapper also notified <br />landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested. parties of the <br />application for bond release, as required by Section 3.03.2(1). <br />Trapper Mine Page 2 72/14/98 <br />Phase II Bond Release <br />