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and the Lippard Spring No. 2. Precipitation for 2001 was somewhat lower than average, which <br />may have lowered the potentiometric surface of the 1St White Sandstone aquifer. A drop in only <br />a few feet of the 1St White Sandstone aquifer potentiometric surface might have resulted in the <br />surface expression of the spring to dry up. On April 19, 2002, the Division approved Phase II <br />reclamation liability release on 592.7 acres of reclaimed land in the Ashmore, Browning, and <br />Colt pits. The approval released reclamation liability only. No money was returned to the <br />operator. <br />TMI submitted an application, SL-04, for a Phase III bond release on April 17, 2003. The <br />application requested final bond release on 408.5 acres of cropland and 1452.7 acres of <br />rangeland. Three and one-half acres were removed from the bond release request, resulting <br />in request of release of 1449.2 acres of reclaimed rangeland and 408.5 acres of cropland. The <br />land surface within the bond release area was private and state owned. Coal mined in the <br />associated bond release area was federal, state, county and privately owned coal. The Division <br />approved SL-04 November 18, 2003. The approval released reclamation liability only. No <br />money was returned to the operator. <br />TMI submitted an application for a Phase I bond release, SL-05, for 823.9 acres on October 27, <br />2003. The land requested for bond release was privately owned by TMI and by the State of <br />Colorado. The coal mined had been federally and state owned. The post-mining land use for all <br />823.9 acres was rangeland. SL-05 was approved June 11, 2004. The operator did not request a <br />reduction in the bond amount. The approval released reclamation liability only. No money was <br />returned to the operator. <br />TMI submitted an application for a Phase II bond release, SL-06, on October 12, 2004. TMI <br />requested Phase II liability release on 830.8 acres of reclaimed rangeland. The reclaimed areas <br />were surface mined and include portions of Ashmore, Derringer, Flintlock, and Hawken Pits. <br />The surface ownership was state and private and the coal mined was federal or state. The <br />acreage requested for Phase H bond release was reduced from 830.8 acres to 819.5 acres. <br />During the bond release review process, TMI submitted MR-200 in response to the Division's <br />adequacy concerns. MR-200 was approved on May 31, 2005. No monetary amount was <br />requested for release, but TMI requested that liability associated with Phase II release criteria be <br />released as a result of SL-06. SL-06 was approved on September 5, 2005. <br />TMI submitted an application for a Phase III bond release, SL-07, on October 25, 2005. The <br />application requested final bond release on 185.5 of cropland and 577.3 acres of rangeland, <br />for a total of 762.8 acres. The land surface within the bond release area was private and state <br />owned. Coal mined in the associated bond release area was federal, state, county and private <br />lease coal. The Division approved SL-07 November 18, 2003. The approval released <br />reclamation liability only. No money was returned to the operator. <br />Trapper Mine Page 4 November 17, 2007 <br />Phase III Bond Release