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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 5t., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832A706 <br />Mazch 3, 2006 <br />Forrest Luke <br />Trapper Mining Inc. <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig, CO 81626 <br />Re: Trapper Mining, Inc, C-81-010, Weed Management Plan Update <br />Mr. Luke: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINaRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.FCLANATIO N•NINING <br />EAFFTT•ECIENCE <br />Bill Owen$ <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive DireLYOr <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natu21 Resource Trustee <br />On September 14, 2005 Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd (Boazd) promulgated revised <br />Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining (Rules). <br />One of the revised Rules, 4.15.1(5) requires each operator to incorporate a weed management plan <br />into their permit. Review of the Trapper permit finds that the currently approved weed <br />management plan, Section 3.6.3.7, page 3-154, needs updating to bring the plan into compliance <br />with Rule 4.15.1(5). <br />Please submit a revision to update the weed management plan to comply with Rule 4.15.1(5). <br />Components of the plan include definition of noxious plant species that require weed management, <br />and provide detail of weed control methods to be utilized. The Division recognizes that Trapper <br />Mining Inc. regulazly conducts weed control operations, consisting of spraying and occasionally <br />mowing, however documentation of these operations is not described in the permit text or in the <br />Annual Reclamation Reports. Submittal of a description of your current practices for inclusion <br />into the permit may provide the Division adequate information for compliance with Rule 4.15.1(5). <br />Please call me if you have questions. <br />Sincet~ly, <br />Binns <br />(303) <br />Protection Specialist <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />