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Introduction <br />Purpose and Scope of this Document <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division) has received an <br />application from Trapper Mining Inc. (Trapper) to revise permit C-81-010 for conducting surface <br />coal mining and reclamation operations at the Trapper Mine. The application number is Permit <br />Revision PR-06. Prior to deciding whether or not to approve a permit renewal or permit revision <br />application, the Division is required by law to make specific written findings. Those findings are <br />required by Section 34-33-114 of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and <br />Section 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining. This document presents those findings and the Division's proposed decision regarding <br />approval of Trapper Mine's permit revision application. This document also contains a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and summaries of the mining and <br />reclamation plans. <br />Replacement of Previous Findings Documents <br />This findings document replaces the findings documents from Trapper Mine's previous findings <br />document associated with Permit Revision PR-05. <br />Information Sources for Permit and Review Process <br />The review process for permit revisions is described in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act (C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq.) and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Rules referred to in this document are contained within <br />those regulations. Specific information about Trapper Mine's mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application and permit revision applications on file with the Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. <br />Trapper Mine 3 September 21, 2009