2012-03-27_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981010

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and Regulations. The application also utilized the Division's Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues, dated April 18, 1995. Public Notice TMI published notice of the bond release application in the Craig Daily Press once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning on July 29, 2011. TMI also notified landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by section 3.03.2(1). The Division received no written comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application. Bond Release Inspection The Division conducted a bond release inspection on August 31, 2011. The site inspection was conducted in accordance with Section 3.03.2(2). Attendees included: • Rob Zuber, Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety • Graham Roberts, Trapper Mining, Inc. • Elizabeth Shaeffer, Office of Surface Mining (U.S. Department of Interior) The Division notified the landowners of the inspection via certified mail. Adequacy Review On December 6, 2011; the Division sent an adequacy review letter to TMI in regards to the SL -13 bond release application. One item was cited in the review regarding the inclusion of parcel D -C -99 in the bond release block. Based on Section 4.4.1.5 of TMI's permit, range site C areas should not have been included with range site A and B parcels in a bond release block. The Division requested that parcel D -C -99 be excluded from the SL -13 bond release request. Subsequently, TMI submitted and received approval of a Minor Revision (MR219) to allow small isolated range site C parcels to be included within range site A/B bond release blocks as appropriate. TMI submitted a response to the Divisions adequacy review on February 27, 2012. The Division approved the minor revision since the standards for the A/B bond release blocks are more stringent than those for range site C areas. Given the approval of MR219, TMI requested that parcel D -C -99 to remain part of the SL13 bond release application. A second adequacy review letter was sent to the operator on January 18, 2012. With the original submittal of SL13, TMI included parcel F -AB -01 in the release request. It was cited in the second adequacy review letter that a portion of parcel F -AB -01 was seeded in the spring of 2002. Pursuant to Rule 3.02.3(2)(b) and (d), the ten year liability period for this parcel had not been completed and therefore it was not eligible for Phase III bond release. TMI responded to this issue in their February 27, 2012 letter cited above. TMI removed all 39.6 acres of Parcel F -AB -01 from the bond release block. One additional issue was a request from TMI to establish a corridor to the Oak Gulch Trapper Mine Page 4 March 27, 2012 Phase III Bond Release (SL -13)