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DAVIS, GRAHAM 8c STUBBS <br />A~TORM[T9 AT LAW <br />GREGORY J. ROBES, JR. <br />892-4]A2 <br />HAND DELIVERY <br />ae00 COLORADO MATZO NAL BOIL OIMO <br />9S0 SCVEXTCLNTN STgEET <br />P09T OPCICE e0i 199 <br />O ENVE R, COLD RADO 80201 <br />TEL[PNONC JD]~992.9A00 <br />TEL[CO PICR 30 ]'B 9J-1]>9 <br />T[LCi A9.02]9 OG9 OVR <br />CABLC DAVGRA N, DCNV[R <br />February 27, 1985 <br />SUITC 900 <br />1001 Tw[NTT-9 CC OMD 9TRCC T,~N.w. <br />wA9 Hln OTON, O.C. 200]) <br />TC LE PNO NC zoz-ezz•eeeo <br />T[LEC DPIEq 202~29J-A)9A <br />TEL[% 2MBa90 009W <br />SUIT[ ]00 <br />DENVCq CO RPO RATL CCNTEq, TOwLR u <br />TBOO [A9T UNION Av[NUE <br />D[NVCq. COLO gi00 BO]]) <br />T[L[PNONE JOJ-69A~AeA <br />1[LEC OPI[q JOT»Pe992 <br />9UIT[ e00 <br />eil 9CVENTCCNTM 9iR[[T <br />Posr orrlcc eD% Ies <br />D[NVCR, COLORADO 80201 <br />TE L[PN ONE ]0]-299-99N <br />rttccoP¢w ]DYZ9]-a91e <br />RECEIVED <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board ~~Q ~ 7 185 <br />Colorado ^epartment of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street MIH(D LANO R~CLAMAIItlN DIVISION <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 Cul0.Oept. of Natural Resources <br />RE: Application of Peabody Coal Company, <br />Seneca II - W Mine; Request for Denial <br />of Application and for Party Status <br />Dear Members of the Board: <br />We represent Craig Weaver, a ranch owner and operator <br />in the Yampa Valley, who is adversely affected by the application <br />of Peabody Coal Company in connection with its Seneca II mine. <br />We ask that the application be denied, at least until <br />such time as it is revised, to avoid injury to an absolute water <br />right for a point of diversion at the Matthew Spring. Under <br />Peabody's current plans, one of its haul roads will obliterate <br />the spring, Mr. Weaver's point of diversion, thereby rendering <br />ineffective his water right and upsetting the hydrologic balance <br />in the area. Moreover, the haul road will cause water quality <br />degradation, from run off of salts, oils, sediment, and other <br />pollutants, into the spring, thereby rendering the water unfit <br />for its beneficial uses. <br />The road should be eliminated or rerouted, and adequate <br />protective design and operational measures implemented, in order <br />to avoid altering the status quo of the water source. <br />A copy of Mr. Weaver's absolute water right for the <br />spring is attached, along with a map showing location of the <br />