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!AIPIED f_AND °ECIAP^,~,T'O`1 D1V'c'.CPI Departmern of Natural Resources t3t3 Sherman St.. Room 2t5 Denver. CO 80203 303 866-3567 FA%. 303 8328106 .-.~ T-. 1- r" -~ - i T~ /nPi ~~YM1 .111.` ~\ . rq y Rov Porar. Governor Michael B. Long, Division Director August 10, 1992 Mr, Robert Hagen, Director Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Albuquerque Field Office 625 Silver Avenue SW, Suite 310 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Re: Mine ~''e F~raluation Inspection Report of June 25, 199? Wyoming Fuel Company, Golden Eagle Mine, Permit Nd. C-81-013 Dear Mr. Hagen: On July 9, 1992, our office received a copy of the IVfine Site Evaluation Inslieciion Report developed for the June 25, 1992 Random Sample Inspection at the Wyoming Fuel Golden Eagle b[ine. The inspection was conducted jointly by Dennis Byrnes of your office and Joe Dudash and me from our office. In reviewing the report, we discovered what we believe may be an apparent misunder- standing between our respective agencies. On Page 5 of the report (enclosed), it is stated that "the MLRD inspectors were not initially prepared to take a sample of pond discharge, but did so after phone consultation with MLRD in Denver confirming the understanding with AFO that samples would be taken during complete inspections:' We are not aware of any understanding with AFO regarding the obtaining of water quality samples during complete inspections. As outlined in our Sixty-Day Letter Response dated May 21, 1992, we have instructed our specialists to examine discharge points at [east quarterly and to obtain samples whenever point source discharges appear to be exceeding effluent limitations or for purposes of verifying self-reported information. As such, it is feasible that instances could occur during complete inspections when water samples would not be taken. These instances would include whenever discharges appear to be within effluent limitations or when no discharge occurs.