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• Permit No: C1981034
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: REGION V ON SITE INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 2/7/1980
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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REGION V ON-SITE INSPECTION REPOP,T
GRAND P1ESA COAL COPIPANY
RED CANYON lil MLNE
P.O. Box 226
Della, Colorado 81416
[phone]
DATE:
TIME:
WEATHER:
COUNTY b STATE:
COMPANY OFFICIAL:
OSM OFFICIAL:
STATE PERMIT:
NOV NUMBER:
Febcuary 7, 1980
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
kleavy snow
Delta County, Colorado
Larrv Reschke
Ron Gregg
77-232
80-5-18-9
GENERAL COh41ENTS
The mining office is in Delta, Colorado at the old sugar refinery
adjacent [o the Gunnison River. This inspection began a[ this site
for the purpose of reviewing records which might not be available at
the mine.
717.11 Copies of Applicable Permits
A copy of a new mining and reclamation permit submission was
available at the Delta office. The old Belden mine at the
Red Canyon site had a limited impact permit which the Grand
Mesa Coal Company assumed at [he beginning of their redevelop-
ment of the property. The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation (DILR)
division has required [hat the operator submit a new mining and
reclamation plan and obtain a regular coal mining permit for the
new expanded operation. This new permit application was available
at [he mine office and it is being completed. (It was submitted
to P1LR on 2/18/80.) An application for a NP DES discharge point
had also been submitted to [he Colorado Water Quality Control
division.
717.12 Signs and Markers
Permit .identification signs were posted at the Delta coal loadout
facility and at the Red Canyon minesite.
717.13 PostmininR Land Use
The land will most likely be designated as rangeland and wildlife
habitat for reclamation purposes.