2010-03-16_REVISION - C1981010 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/16/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR107
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
March 16, 2010
Ron Velarde
NW Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
NW Regional Service Center
711 Independent Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Re: Trapper Mine (Permit No. C-1981-010)
Technical Revision Application No. 107 (TR-107)
2009 Annual Reclamation Report
Dear Mr. Velarde:
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
James B. Martin
Executive Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 16, 2010, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Trapper Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by Trapper Mining, Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
initiate from this date of filing.
TR-107 proposes to insert the 2009 Annual Reclamation Report for the Trapper Mine as Appendix W in the
Trapper Mine permit. The annual report updates and revises portions of the mining and reclamation permit.
The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 6 miles Southwest of Craig, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 1, 2, and 3, Township 5 North, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
Portions of Sections 30 and 31, Township 6th North, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.
Portions of Sections 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Township 6 North, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Castor Gulch.
Because the above referenced technical revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit
area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting
your agency's evaluation of the proposal. Your comments and concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and
wildlife resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife
considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or endangered species, are requested. If wildlife habitat
is the proposed postmining land use, we request your evaluation of proposed woody plant stocking levels, planting
arrangements, and methods for mitigation of potential adverse impacts.
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines