2009-03-19_REVISION - C1981010

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/19/2009
• Doc Name: Follow-Up to March 17, 2009 Meeting Between TMI and the Coal Program
• From: Dan Hernandez
• To: Jason Musick
• Type & Sequence: PR6
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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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]
Date: March 19, 2009
To: Jason D. Musick
From: Daniel I. Hernandez
Re: Trapper Mining Incorporated, Permit Revision No. PR-06
Follow-up to March 17, 2009 Meeting between TMI and the Coal Program
COLORADO
D I V I S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Trapper Mining Incorporated's Permit Revision No. PR-06 was found Complete on February 9, 2009.
An initial review of the application resulted in a letter dated March 3, 2009 from our offices to the
company. That letter pertained to issues related to the company's proposed post-mining topographies
for the proposed Kimber ("K") Pit, the proposed K Buttress Fill, and the proposed Horse Gulch Fill.
On March 17, 2009, a meeting was held at the company's request between Jim Mattern, Seth Puls, and
Forrest Luke of Trapper Mining Company, and you, me and Dave Berry of the Division's Coal
Program. To provide some guidance to the company in their development of a response to our letter of
March 3, 2009, it was agreed that a list of certain statutes and rules associated with the issues discussed
during that meeting would be developed that the company could refer to. That list is provided below.
The company should realize that the statutes and regulations in this list are not the only ones that that
apply in the case of Permit Revision No. PR-06; rather, these statues and regulations pertain to the issues
discussed at the meeting: the mine plan, the methods of mining and equipment proposed, the
reclamation plan, the "K Buttress" and "Horse Gulch" excess spoil fills, coal and spoil geochemistry and
protection of the hydrologic balance, spoil handling, and post-mining topography.
Statutes
34-33-102 Legislative Declaration
34-33-103(3) Definition of "approximate original contour"
34-33-103(25) Definition of "surface coal mining and reclamation operations"
34-33-103(26) Definition of "surface coal mining operations"
34-33-110(2)(h) Description of type and method of existing and proposed surface coal mining
operations, and the engineering techniques and equipment used or proposed
34-33-110(2)(i) The anticipated or actual starting and termination dates of each phase of the
proposed surface coal mining operation...
34-33-110(2)(1) A determination of the probable hydrologic consequences...
34-33-110(2)(o) Cross sections, maps, or plans of the land to be affected....
34-33-110(2)(p) A statement of the result of test borings or core samplings...
34-33-111(1) Each reclamation plan submitted as part of a permit application shall
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