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~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />United States Department of the Interior , <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING _ <br />Reclamation and Enforcement '.,',i ~Ta. <br />BROOKS'fO1VL tti S ,.=~-° `'' . <br />1020 ISTH STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80202 _ r ~ <br />OFFICE. OF TIIF. RRGIONAL DIRECTOR <br />Mr. Daniel J. Snyder III <br />President, Colorado Westmoreland Inc. <br />4465 Northpark Drive, Suite 307 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907 <br />Dear .• er: <br />r~~ r, 1 .~ <br />„~ nr: . <br />18 DEc ~~7g .., ,; ~_ .. <br />,, ~ ,J,' <br />~- <br />J~ L~ <br />We have reviewed Colorado Westmoreland Inc. (CWI) request (November 15, 1979) <br />to modify tl~e Orchard Valley mine plan to allow for a temporary coal storage <br />area. <br />I have determined based on staff review that the proposed change is a minor <br />modification of the approved plan. Therefore, this letter is approval to use <br />the area designated as an emergency stockpile area on map C-1 of your <br />submittal as a temporary coal storage area provtded I receive your written <br />acceptance of the following additional stipulations: <br />1) notify OSM whenever coal will be stored in the area and the time <br />period of use (see ll2); <br />2) the period of time that coal can be added to the stockpile shall not <br />exceed 30 consecutive days; <br />3) all coal shall be removed from the stockpile within 30 days after the <br />end of the time period given in ill, and; <br />4) drainage from the stockpile shall be diverted to the retention and <br />sediment pond located near the rail load-ouC facilities. <br />Sincerely, <br />DONALD A. CRANE <br />cc: Gerald T. McPhee/Colorado Westmoreland Inc. <br />Hershiel I1. Rayden/Colorado Westmoreland Inc. <br />Dean Massay/Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Don Lotvedt/BLM <br />Archie L. Carver/GS <br />~I n I U~ _n~i i ,~',Y ie .e <br />k Y~ <br />