APPCOR10112

• Permit No: C1981048
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 4/25/1984
• Doc Name: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE AND STATEMENT OF POSITION - PETITION OF VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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APR 2 51984
BEFORE THE COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMAT~`t~~~~~2TTD~MATiON DIVISION
Colo. ep . of Natural Resources
ENTRY OF APPEARANCE AP7D STATEPSEP7T OF POSITION
IN RE THE DIATTER OF THE PETITION OF:
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL COMPANY
The undersigned attorney hereby enters his appearance on
behalf of the following parties: Lillian S. Denison, Route 5,
Box 226, Carthage, Texas 75633, and Alvin E. T9iggins, P. O. Box
1666, Nederland, Texas 77627,
The above named parties are the owners of the surface of the
land which is the subject of. the Petition and also hold one or more
coal leases covering a portion of the land which is the subject of
the Petition. These parties respectfully urge the Board to reject
the Petition in that the Petitioner itself, Victor-American Fuel
Company, has selected its forum by filing an action in the United
States District Court, District of Colorado, naming the surface
owners and Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc. among the parties defendant.
These parties particularly object to any hearing which might
consider the merits of the Petition without reasonable notice to
said parties and said parties state that while they have been aware
of the Petition since on or about Piarch 15, 1984, the precise time
at which such Petition would be considered by the Board was not
known to them until Friday, April 20, 1984, at which time their
attorney was committed to appear in the State Courts in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, at 9:30 a.m „ April 26, 1984, making it impossible
for him to appear before the Board at the time now set to consider
the Petition.
Very respectfully,
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Gerald D. Sjaasta (5080)
Attorney for Lillian S. Denison
April 24, 1984 and Alvin E. [4iggins
117 So. Nevada Avenue, Suite 102
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
[phone]