2013-07-09_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981010

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approved a Phase II bond release (SL -03) on 592.7 acres of cropland on April 19, 2002. SL -03 was a release of reclamation liability and no monies were returned to the operator. A Phase III Bond Release (SL -04) covering 1857.7 acres of areas reclaimed to rangeland and cropland was approved on November 18, 2003. The Division approved a Phase I bond release (SL -05) for 823.9 acres on June 11, 2004. The Division approved a Phase II bond release (SL- 06) for 819.6 acres of area reclaimed to rangeland on September 6, 2005. On May 16, 2006, the Division approved a Phase III bond release (SL -07) covering 185.5 acres of areas reclaimed to cropland and 577.3 acres of areas reclaimed to rangeland. A Phase I bond release (SL -08) was approved by the Division on November 21, 2008 covering 476.6 acres. The Division approved a Phase II bond release (SL -09) covering 294.6 acres on December 2, 2008. A Phase III bond release (SL -10) covering 305 acres was approved by the Division on November 17, 2008. The Division approved a Phase I bond release (SL -11) covering 57.8 acres on January 7, 2011. A Phase II bond release (SL -12) was approved by the Division covering 165.5 acres on March 27, 2012. Also, a Phase III bond release (SL -13) was approved by the Division covering 323.5 acres on March 27, 2012. Adjustment of Acreage Discrepancy A 2008 Division review of the actual disturbed area acreage value reported by Trapper Mining Inc. in its 2007 Annual Reclamation Report (TR -101) found a discrepancy with the approved disturbed area acreage value maintained by the Division in its permit system database. It was determined that this discrepancy stemmed from the RN- 03 /PR -04 Division coding form not reflecting the proposed disturbed area acreage of 1,025 acres. The Division corrected this discrepancy by entering the approved 1,025 disturbed area acreage figure into the Division's permit system database. The approved disturbed area acreage for the Trapper Mine of 2,601.71 acres (as shown on the 4/24/2008 proposed decision form for TR -102) was increased by 1,025 acres to 3,626.71 acres in conjunction with the July 25, 2008 approval of Permit Renewal RN- 05. The approved disturbed area acreage was increased to 3663.01 acres with the July 29, 2008 approval of TR103, and then reduced to 3358.01 with the November 11, 2008 approval of Bond Release SL -10. During the review of the 2011 Annual Reclamation Report, the Division observed a discrepancy in the acreages Trapper reported having obtained Phase I, II and III bond release. The reported acreages differed from the Divisions records. It was found that a typo in the SL -6 bond release findings document lead to a .5 acre discrepancy in the acreage approved for Phase II bond release. The Division updated its records to account for this mistake. In addition, during SL -10 5.2 acres of parcel A -B -98 obtained Phase III bond release, but had not been previously counted for Phase II bond release. Given the 5.2 acres was approved for Phase III bond release, Trapper and Division agreed it was appropriate to add this acreage to the Phase II bond release area total. Also, over the years Trapper has re- disturbed acreages approved for bond release. These areas have been depicted on the annual reclamation report maps submitted as a Technical Revision each year but acreage changes have not been concisely tracked by Trapper or the Division. Given this, a new section was added to Trapper's annual reclamation report that accounts for the acreages that have been re- disturbed by the end of the 2011 reporting year. The Divisions Trapper Mine 10 July 9, 2013