APPCOR11724

• Permit No: C1992079
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 10/20/1992
• Doc Name: COMPLETENESS COAL GULCH PERMIT APPLICATION C-92-079
• From: DMG
• To: PENNSYLVANIA WEST COAL CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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FAX: [phone] Roy Romer
October 20 1992 Governor
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Division Direclar
Pennsylvania West Mining Company
c/o Mr. Greg Lewicki
Greg Lewicki and Associates
1645 Court Place Suite 309
Denver, CO 80202
Subject: Completeness, Coal Gulch Permit Application, C-92-079
Dear Mr. Lewicki:
We would like to summarize our interpretation of the discussion we had this morning on
remaining completeness issues related to the Coal Gulch permit application. Dan
Hernandez and Cathy Begej agreed that the application would be called complete upon
the receipt of the following:
1. Water quality analyses of the October, 1992 samples from:
a. The Messier well (Cliffhouse SS)
b. The Mangrum well (Coal Gulch alluvium)
c. The Coal Gulch Mine well (Menefee formation);
2. Water quality and aquifer test data from the "Section 16" well; and, ~ ~
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3. A commitment from Pennsylvania West to drill another well within 30 days of the
completeness date. This well would be used to obtain overburden chemistry
information from the roof, coal, and door strata of the proposed mine, in
accordance with Colorado's Guidelines on Baseline Water Quality and
Overburden Geochemistry data. The well would be drilled into the Point
Lookout sandstone, and the hole would be logged with gamma, resistivity, and
density equipment. The physical characteristics of the aquifers found in the hole
would be acquired also, per Rule 2.04.7(1)(6).
The Findings document for the Coal Gulch Ivtine, permit C-84-067, indicated that the
previous operator had agreed to drill a double completion well in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Section 16, T35N, R10W. The staff was unable to confirm this while reviewing the
permit application this afternoon, as the file is now in Archives. However, the hydrology
files from the permit application reference a single water quality sample and two water
level measurements from AM-5 taken between November, 1986, and January, 1987.