2012-05-03_REVISION - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/3/2012
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Trapper Mining Inc
• Type & Sequence: TR109
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: SB1
• 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]
May 3, 2012
Graham Roberts
Trapper Mining, Inc.
P.O. Box 187
Craig, Colorado 81626
RE: 2011 Annual Reclamation Report; TR109 Adequacy Review
Trapper Mine; C- 1981 -010
Dear Mr. Roberts,
COLORADO
ID IV I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta Pineda
Director
The Division received the 2011 Annual Reclamation Report (TR109) on March 15, 2011. The
application was called complete for review on April 6, 2012 and the decision date for the revision is
June 5, 2012. There is one issue that will need to be addressed prior to the Division's approval of
TR109.
Annual Reclamation Report Form:
There is a discrepancy in the acreages reported in the Annual Reclamation Report for the number of
acres released from Phase I, II and III bond liability. The Division's records indicate as of 2011that
3870 acres have been granted Phase I bond release, 3,573.9 acres Phase II and 2,925.5 acres Phase III.
Based on our conversation, the discrepancy appears to be a result of lands that have been re- disturbed
that have been granted bond release by the Division. Given this, all the acreages reported should be less
than what the Division records currently indicate. This does not appear to be the case for the acreage of
the Phase II bond release area. The discrepancy with all of the phased bond release acreages needs to be
clarified and the re- disturbed parcels need to be documented and accounted for within the annual report.
Please submit documentation indicating which parcels have been re- disturbed to date and the acreage
associated with the re- disturbance. For each of these parcels please indicate what phase of bond release
these parcels had been previously granted and the nature of the re- disturbance. The Division requests
this information be updated and included in the first section of the annual reclamation report every year.
There is a discrepancy in the acreages reported in the Annual Reclamation Report for the number of
acres released from Phase I, II and III bond liability. The Division's records indicate as of 2011that
3870 acres have been granted Phase I bond release, 3,573.9 acres Phase II and 2,925.5 acres Phase III.
Based on our conversation, the discrepancy appears to be a result of lands that have been re- disturbed
that have been granted bond release by the Division. Given this, all the acreages reported should be less
than what the Division records currently indicate. This does not appear to be the case for the acreage of
the Phase II bond release area. The discrepancy with all of the phased bond release acreages needs to be
clarified and the re- disturbed parcels need to be documented and accounted for within the annual report.
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