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Public Notice <br />Trapper Mine published notice of the bond release application in the Craig Daily Press once <br />weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning on August 22, 2008. Trapper Mine also <br />notified landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties <br />of the application for bond release, as required by section 3.03.2(1). The Division received <br />no written comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond <br />release application. <br />Bond Release Inspection <br />The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on October 13, 2008 <br />through October 16, 2008. The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Section <br />3.03.2(2). Jason Musick and Daniel Hernandez represented the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. The operator was represented by Graham Roberts and <br />Forrest Luke of Trapper Mining, Inc. Christine Belka and Jennifer Maiolo represented the <br />Office of Surface Mining and the Bureau of Land Management respectively. It was <br />determined during this initial inspection that some gully and drainage maintenance was <br />needed. <br />The Division conducted a second inspection on November 12, 2008 to ensure maintenance <br />items noted during the October 13'' inspection had been adequately addressed. Jason Musick <br />represented the Division, Christine Belka represented the Office of Surface Mining and <br />Graham Roberts represented the operator during the inspection. <br />III. CRITERIA FOR BOND RELEASE <br />Phase I Bond Release <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(a) states, "Up to sixty percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released <br />when the permittee successfully completes backfilling, regrading, and drainage control in <br />accordance with the approved reclamation plan." With regard to Phase I bond release, TMI <br />applied for a partial phase I bond release of 2511.7 acres with SL-01 and 823.9 acres with SL- <br />05. The partial Phase I bond release, SL-01 was approved on February 12, 1998 and SL-05 was <br />approved on June 11, 2004. <br />SL-08 requests partial Phase I bond release for 476.6 acres reclaimed between 2003 and 2007. <br />The requested areas are associated with pits A, D, F, H and Z. The post-mining land use for all <br />476.6 acres is rangeland. <br />IV. OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS <br />The initial bond release inspection was conducted on October 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2008. Bond <br />release parcel areas were observed on the ground and regraded topography compared to permit <br />Trapper Mine Page 5 November 21, 2007 <br />Phase III Bond Release