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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />July 11, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />Howard Strand <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Region <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Trapper Mine (Permit No. C-1981-010) <br /> Technical Revision Application No. 123 (TR-123) <br /> Update to the 2019 Mine and Reclamation Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Strand: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 11, 2019, an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the Trapper Mine was considered complete for the <br />purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />Update plan for 160 acres of topsoil stripping in N pit. These 160 acres are redisturbance of Phase <br />III reclamation. New Haul Road replacing the LOM road. Construction of the Grouse Diversion <br />Ditch to East Pyeatt Ditch and associated designs in the Grouse Gulch watershed, diverting mining <br />related runoff from the Grouse Pond System. The applicant is not proposing additional surface <br />disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 6 miles Southwest of Craig, <br />Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Township 5 North, Range 90 West <br /> Section 5 All <br /> Portions of Sections 6, 8 and 9 <br /> Township 5 North, Range 91 West <br /> Portions of Sections 1, 4, and 5 <br /> Sections 2 and 3, ALL