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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 />April 13, 2010 <br />James Fulton <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />Re: Trapper Mine (Permit No. C-1981-010) <br />Bond Release Application No. 11 (SL-11) <br />Dear Mr. Fulton: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />Trapper Mining, Inc. has applied for a bond release at the Trapper Mine. The bond release application <br />was found complete by this Division on April 13, 2010. Trapper Mine has requested Phase I bond <br />release of 64.4 acres of rangelands reclaimed in 2008. The areas have been backfilled and regraded, <br />retopsoiled, and reseeded. These areas are in the Enfield, Flintlock, and East Flintlock Pits. The <br />surface ownership is State and private, and the coal mined was Federal, state and private. <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon <br />as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days <br />of our inspection. <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />W,4 V' Z?? <br />Robert D. Zuber <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />RDZ/Jrc <br />C-SL-03 CI981010 RDZ 04132010040405.doc <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines