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PROPOSED DECISION The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with one stipulation, an application for a permit revision to conduct coal mining by Trapper Mining, Inc. for the Trapper Mine. This approval allows for continued mining in the previously approved areas. It also approves modifications in the approved permit boundary and for topsoil stripping and overburden blasting, and other preliminary development work in the Colt and Browning Pit areas. 4 more detailed description of these changes is provided in this document. The proposed approval applies to the following area: Portions of Sections 5 and 6 in TSN, R90W; portions of Sections 1; 4, and 5, and all of Sections 2 and 3 in T5N, R91W; portions of Sections 30 and 32, and all of Sections 31 in T6N, R90W; and portions of Sections 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 32 and all of Sections 33, 34, 35, and 36 in T6N, R91W. The Division has made the required findings for approval of all surface coal mining and reclamation operations as identified and described in the permit revision application, subject to the stipulations and conditions stated in the findings document and this proposed decision. This approval is based on a finding that the proposed operation as identified and described in the permit revision application will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the .Act. ~ - Stipulation No. 1 of the original findings document required Trapper Mining, Inc. to devise acceptable revegetation success standards for cover and productivity. These standards have been submitted, therefore this stipulation has been satisfied and is no longer required. Stipulation No. 3 concerning the verification of swell factors has also been satisfied. At this time the only stipulation still in effect in No. 2 which reads as follows: STIPULATION N0. 2 THE DIVISION DIRECTS THE PERMITTEE TO MONITOR POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHY OF BACKFILLED AND REGRADED SURFACES OF THE DISTURBED AREA AT THE TRAPPER MINE. MONITORING FOR THIS PURPOSE SHALL CONSIST OF A CONTOUR MAP (CONTOUR INTERVAL NOT TO EXCEED 5 FEET) PRODUCED FROM AN ANNUAL SURVEY UTILIZING FIELD OR AEROPHOTOGRAMMETRIC TECHNIQUES ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIVISION. THE POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS SHALL 8E SUBMITTED TO 7HE DIVISION FOR REYIEW AND APPROYAL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, COMMENCING IN JANUARY, 1984: An explanation of the reason for this stipulation can be found in Section VXII (Backfilling and Grading) of the November 23, 1982 Findings Document. Permit Revision No. 1 cannot be issued until all statutory notice and public comment requirements have been satisfied, and until bond has been posted.