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Parcel <br />Year <br />Replaced <br />Mean <br />Depth <br />TMI Verification <br />Method <br />DRMS Verification for S112 <br />A -C -05 <br />2005 <br />14.0+ <br />DRMS SAMPLE <br />Not Verified <br />F -AB -05 <br />2005 <br />17/14 <br />LOAD COUNT/ <br />DRMS SAMPLE <br />Verified, <br />October 11, 2005 Inspection Report <br />F -AB -06 <br />2006 <br />16.3/15 <br />LOAD COUNT/ <br />DRMS SAMPLE <br />Verified by Haul Count <br />Z -AB -05 <br />2005 <br />14 +/ *19 <br />LOAD COUNT/ <br />DRMS SAMPLE <br />Verified, <br />October 11, 2005 Inspection Report <br />Z -AB -06 <br />2006 <br />11.2 <br />LOAD COUNT <br />Verified, <br />August 30, 2011 Inspection Report <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 />November 28, 2011 <br />To: Rob Zuber O Jared Ebert <br />Re: Trapper Mine; SL -12 Vegetation Review <br />CC: Sandy Brown <br />Topsoil Replacement <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Memorandum <br />I have conducted a review of Trapper Mining Inc.'s (TMI) application for Phase II bond release on a <br />portion of the Trapper Mine (C- 1981 -010). TMI is requesting Phase II bond release on the following <br />parcels; A -C -05, F- AB -05, F- AB -06, Z -AB -05 and Z- AB -06. These parcels were seeded in 2005 and <br />2006. The requested areas were sampled for revegetation success in 2010. <br />For the parcels requested for Phase II bond release, the post mine land use is designated as rangeland. <br />The required topsoil replacement depth is 12 inches plus or minus 2 inches (permit page 4 -256). TMI <br />verifies topsoil replacement depth by load counts. Based on the SL12 submittal this was done for all <br />the requested parcels except for parcel A -C -05. According to the bond release application, the <br />Division verified the topsoil depth during the October 12, 2005 inspection for this parcel. Also, the <br />Division's November 21, 2008 "Findings of Compliance and Proposed Decision for Phase I (Partial <br />Bond Release; SL -08," indicates the topsoil depth for parcel A -C -05 was either verified in the <br />Division's October 12, 2005 or October 24, 2007 inspections reports. However, based on my review <br />of these inspection reports, neither of them indicated parcel A -C -05 was sampled by the Division for <br />topsoil depth. Load count numbers were not provided in the SL12 application for this parcel. Given <br />this, parcel A -C -05 does not appear to have been verified for topsoil replacement. All other parcels <br />included in the SL12 release request had verified topsoil depths. Below is a summary table of the <br />Division's findings for topsoil replacement: <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Denver • Grand )unction • Durango <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />— &— <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />• <br />Office of <br />Active and Inactive Mines <br />