2012-08-21_REPORT - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 8/21/2012
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review No. 2
• 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]
21 August 2012
Graham Roberts
Trapper Mining, Inc.
P.O. Box 187
Craig, Colorado 81626
RE: 2011 Annual Reclamation Report; TR109 Adequacy Review No. 2
Trapper Mine; C- 1981 -010
Dear Mr. Roberts,
COLORADO
Q I V 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
August 31, 2012. There is one issue that will need to be addressed prior to the Division's approval of
TR109.
Annual Reclamation Report Form:
A discrepancy was noted during the first adequacy review in regards to the Phase I, II and III bond
release acreage reported in the 2011 annual reclamation report. Trapper responded to this concern citing
several errors /irregularities noted from previous bond release applications. Also included with the
response is a detailed accounting of the parcels that have been re- disturbed that have been granted Phase
I, II and III bond release in the past.
The first item cited was a typographic error in the SL6 Proposed Decision and Findings Document. The
findings document included a summary of the bond release histories and reported an incorrect acreage
amount for the SL6 approval. Trapper should have been approved for 819.6 acres for Phase II bond
release not 819.1. The Divisions records have been updated with the correct acreage for this bond
release.
The second item is in regards to a parcel A -B -98. This parcel was granted Phase I bond release during
SL5 for 50.7 acres. This parcel was also part of the SL6 Phase II bond release application. According
to your response letter, a portion of the parcel was removed from the SL6 release due projected re-
disturbance reducing the Phase II release acreage to 40.5 acres. However; according to the Divisions
files, the parcel was reduced by 10.3 acres in a letter dated February 17, 2005. This should have reduced
the acreage to 40.4 acres for this parcel. Also, according to the SL10 application parcel A -B -98 was
45.9 acres in size not 45.7 as indicated in the response letter. Given this, 5.5 acres of parcel A -B -98
received Phase III bond release but not Phase II (45.9 acres minus 40.4 acres).
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