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M OR United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement P. O. Box 46667 IN REPLY REFER TO: Denver, Colorado 80201-6667 December 31, 2008 Ronald W. Cattany, Director Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80202 RE: Phase II Bond Release Application (SL-9), Trapper Mining Inc, LLC, Trapper Mine, Permit No.C-1981-010. Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance Dear Mr. Cattany: This letter acknowledges the office of Surface Mining (OSM), Western Regional Coordinating Center (WRCC), Denver Field Division's (DFD) receipt and review of the above Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance document prepared by the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMMS) dated December 2, 2008. DFD agrees with the findings and decision document and hereby provides OSM concurrence for the above bond release action in accordance with 30 CFR 740.15 (d) (3), and 30 CFR 906.30, Article TX, Section 24, of the Colorado State-Federal Cooperative Agreement. A thorough summary of previous bond release actions and the operational and reclamation history, of the mine are accurately captured in the above DRIVIS Proposed Decision. Public and landowner notifications of the bond release applications were provided to OSM by DBMS. The bond release inspection notifications provided by DRN1S, the DR- IS's inspection findings for the bond release inspection, and related correspondence is documented in the Proposed Decision, OSM, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and all affected landowners were notified of the bond release inspection. ,rmi, DRMS, and OSM participated in the bond release inspection October 13`x' -16th, 2008. A follow-up inspection was conducted on November 12t" to ensure that all repair and maintenance items noted during the October l1 161h inspection had been adequately addressed. All issues had been adequately repaired. The BLM participated in the inspection on October 14`h. BLM concurred with the DRMS Proposed Decision in a letter dated December 16, 2008 (copy enclosed). DRMS did not receive any objections regarding the TM7 (SL-9) bond release application. TNII submitted the bond release application on September 23, 2008. The DRNIS Proposed Decision documents the applicant's compliance with the Colorado approved regulatory program at Rule 3.03.2; and DRIVIS's bond release guidelines dated April. 18, 1995. Bond release criteria found in the above regulatory provisions have been met or exceeded by the permittee. TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA'``