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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />February 9, 2009 <br />Moffat County Planning Department <br />Planning Director <br />221 W Victory Way <br />Craig, CO 81625-2704 <br />Re: Trapper Mine (Permit No. C-1981-010) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6) <br />Proposed Trapper Mine Plan for 5 Year Permit Term 2008-2012 <br />Dear Moffat County Planning Department: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, <br />Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 9, 2009, a permit revision application <br />for a permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1981-010 by Trapper Mining, Inc., was considered <br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining initiate from this date of filing. <br />Trapper has provided updated mine plan for the 5-year permit term, 2008-2012. This plan includes East Ashmore, <br />Flintlock, East Ashmore, (Z), Gatling, and the new Kimber Pits. Ash disposal will continue in the Ash disposal <br />pit. Two fills are proposed, Horses fill and Buttress fill. An additional 312 acres of new disturbance is proposed <br />within the current permit area. <br />The surface coal mining operation is located approximately 6 miles Southwest of Craig, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, and 3, Township 5 North, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 30 and 31, Township 6th North, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Township 6 North, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Castor Gulch. <br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Moffat County Commissioners. For <br />additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, <br />within thirty days after the last public notice in the Craig Daily Press. <br />Sincerely, <br />ason D. sick <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M:\0\ d\tem \C-PR-04_C1981010_JDM 02092009082310 <br />S.doc <br />C? ,Ce off' - Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines