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United States Department of the Interim - 3 nterior3r OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement Wcstcm Rcgion Ofticc 1999 Broadway. Suilc 3320 Dower, CO 80202-3050 DEC 05 2016 Mike Boulay, Director aEG 122016 Office of Mined Land Reclamation Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety piv�s;on of Red' ' 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Wk -l-1"19 " Denver, CO 80203-2273 RE: Approval of SI, -17 Phase III Bond Release, Trapper Mine, Permit No. C-1981-010 Dear Mr. Boulay, This letter acknowledges the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), Denver Field Division (DFD) receipt and review of the above Phase HI Bond Release Proposed Decision document prepared by the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (DBMS) dated November 29, 2016. The Proposed Decision documents lite applicant's compliance with the approved Colorado regulatory program at Rule 3.03.2. This 448A acre Phase III bond release applies to portions of lite Trapper Mine south of Craig, Colorado, which were reseeded in the 2001— 2005 timeframe. OSMRE and the Bureau of Land Management participated in the bond release inspection held on July 6, 2016. By letter, dated December 2, 2016, the BLM provided its concurrence with clic SL -17 bond release (attached). OSMRE interprets the BLM's concurrence to mean that Trapper is in compliance with all BLM coal Icase stipulations. OSMRE agrees with DRMS that Trapper has met or exceeded the requirements for Phase Ili bond release on the 448.4 acres of land as described in DBMS Proposed Decision document. The Division currently holds a performance bond in the amount of $23,400,000.00 for the Trapper Mine. DBMS proposes to release $659,843.13 with this bond release action. OSMRE agrees with the findings and decision document and hereby provides OSMRE concurrence for the above bond release action in accordance with 30 CFR 740.15 (d) (3), and 30 CFR 906.30, Article IX, Section 24, of the State-Fedcral Cooperative Agreement. Thank you and your staff for coordinating this Federal mine bond release action through the DFD. Please direct any questions concerning this action to Christine Bolka, Senior Regulatory Program Specialist at cbclka�g:OSM Rl�;oy or (303) 293-5020. Alan Boehms, Chief Denver Field Branch Cc: f orrest Lukc, Trapper Mining Inc.