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• 1.2.2 Permits and Licenses <br />Sections 1.2.2.1 and 1.2.2.2 present the permits and licenses required for coal mining and reclamation <br />operations for Trapper Mining Inc. and affiliate mines. <br />1.2.2.1 Trapper Mine <br />Field operations for Trapper Mine commenced in 1976. Trapper operated under a life of mine devel- <br />opment and extraction permit (No. 76- 11A/C) approved by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />and an approved mine plan filed with the U.S. Geological Survey in 1976. In December 1982, the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board approved a new mining and reclamation permit, C -81 -010, for <br />Trapper's operations. On April 25, 1983, the Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals approved <br />Trapper's mining and reclamation plan and the Federal Office of Surface Mining issued permit CO -0013 <br />authorizing Trapper's mining and reclamation activities on federal coal leases C -07518 and C -25948 for <br />a period of five years. On December 31, 1987, Trapper's permit to mine coal was renewed with the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division through December 31, 1992. Subsequent five -year renewal <br />approvals of Trapper's permit by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety occurred on <br />January 19, 1993, on .May 13, 1998, and, most recently, on June 30, 2003. Further details concerning <br />required permits at Trapper for air or water environmental protection,are provided in Table 1.2 -1. <br />LJ <br />1.2.2.2 Affiliate Coal Operations <br />Table 1.2 -2 lists the permits required for mining . and reclamation operations at the affiliate coal opera- <br />tions and their status as of October 31, 2007. <br />1 -8 <br />Revision, <br />Approved _._ . <br />