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A <br /> <br />Dorchester Coal Company <br />Colorado Operations <br />Dorchester n1 Mine ~ P.O. Box 449 <br />Florence, Colorado 81226 <br />(303) 784-6395 <br />DECEMBER 15, 1981 <br /> <br />~I <br />I II~III r <br />II~ <br />999 II~~ II~ <br />Home office: 2795 Skyline Ct. <br />Grand lunttion, CO 81501 <br />(303) 245-6770 <br /> <br />CAROL RUSSELL <br />COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />423 CENTENNIAL BUILDING I11._I; 1 ;~. ~~$~ <br />1313 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 P'?li• `~'~ Li.l,'J fi~Cl_/'„^FAl10N <br />'::'" Dan'. rf ~,aturr~! R^~.c_•a,~ <br />SUBJECT: DORCHESTER #1 MINE, FILE # C-014-81 <br />REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE WITH GEC FOR REFUSE <br />DISPOSAL AREA. <br />DEAR CAROL, <br />ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF A PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR <br />NEGOTIATION, REGARDING THE DISPOSAL OF COAL PROCESSING <br />WASTE PRODUCED AT THE DORCHESTER #1 MINE IN A STRIP <br />MINE PIT WHICH GEC MINERALS CONTROLS AND HAS DESIGNATED <br />AS THE "PROSPECTING PIT". <br />IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COLORADO MINED LAND RE- <br />CLAMATION HAS SET DECEMBER 18, 1981, AS A COMPLIANCE DATE <br />FOR GEC TO COMPLETE RECLAMATION OF THE "PROSPECTING PIT". <br />DORCHESTER COAL COMPANY IS REQUESTING THAT THIS DATE BE <br />EXTENDED FOR TWO (2) MONTHS IN ORDER THAT IT MAY COMPILE <br />ENGINEERING STUDIES ON THE "PROSPECTING PIT" TO DETERMINE <br />IF REFUSE FROM THE DORCHESTER #1 MINE CAN BE PLACED IN THE <br />"PROSPECTING PIT", UNDER THE CURRENT COLORADO MINED LAND <br />RECLAMATION RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 1981. <br />IF THE ENGINEERING STUDIES SHOW THAT REFUSE DISPOSAL IN <br />THE "PROSPECTING PIT" IS FEASIBLE, THEN DORCHESTER COAL <br />COMPANY WILL PROVIDE COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />WITH ALL NECESSARY DATA REQUIRED FOR SUCH AN OPERATION. <br />SHOULD THE STUDIES SHOW THAT REFUSE DISPOSAL IS NOT FEASIBLE <br />THEN RECLAMATION OF THE "PROSPECTING PIT" WOULD AGAIN BE <br />A MATTER OF RECLAMATION SOLEY BETWEEN GEC AND COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION. <br />IF COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION WILL GRANT THE <br />REQUESTED EXTENTION TO GEC ALLOWING DORCHESTER COAL <br />COMPANY THE TIME TO CONDUCT ITS ENGINEERING STUDIES, AND <br />IF THOSE STUDIES SHOW THAT THE REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE IS FEA- <br />SIBLE, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, THEN ALL <br />PARTIES COULD BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT. <br />i <br />.; <br />d`4tse eoa, °O` <br />o~ ~ <br />0 <br />cOr04°° ao~ <br />A Subsidiary o/ Dorchester Gas Corporation <br />