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_._, III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ..~__ STAT~OF COLvtc~liv MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 303 866 3567 FA%: 303 8328106 DATE: February 23, 1990 T0: File FROM: J.M. Clayton ~~j RE: Somerset Mine, C-81-022 pF Cp~y RW ~\y Ve .~ O 1/ ~~µ~o ~,\~~. i . ~IP'l6~ Roy Romei. Gwernar Fred R Banta. Orvision Direttor In a telephone call from Mr. Andrew Moschller of Somerset, Colorado, he complained of dust coming from the Somerset Mine during their coal stockpiling. In response to the above telephone call an inspection was made of this operation, focusing on dust problems potential. Mr, Bill Percharich discussed the placing of the coal in the last several days and felt that no excessive dust problems had existed during this process. During our inspection wind gusts of an estimated 10 miles per hour blew eastward across the pile to us. No dust problem was noted at this time. The coal stockpiles conformed to permitted parameters. I met with Mr. Moschaer on 22 February 1990 to discuss his complaint. The following is an outline of his conversation and statements: 1. The city water pipeline lays beneath the waste pile and the current stockpile. He expressed some concern that these piles may adversely impact any future repairs on this system. 2. The access road from Somerset Mine to State Highway 133 has no stop sign as it nad when Somerset under U.S. Steel was active. He calicos that the ~>~ trucks do not stop, instituting a traffic hazard. I advised him to address this concern to local officials. 3. He felt that the major dust problem was caused by road dust. He claimed that Somerset's policy has been to water the road an hour or so into the shift. However, they sometimes don't water the road at all, causing a serious dust situation that adversely impacted his "black lung" condition. He felt that regular watering and being forced to stop at a stop sign would largely resolve this issue. 4. He told me that spillage of coal by Bear Coal trucks is a frequently occurring thing. In fact one truck spilled coal along the highway through Somerset. He called the State Patrol but by the time they responded several hours later, the spill had been cleaned uo.