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~iECEf\/E® <br />FEB 0 ~ 2003 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />February 5, 2003 <br />FED ; ,03 <br />Divisic~. ~ nd Geolog~ <br />Kent Gorham <br />Division of Minerals and Geology - <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: New Elk Mine Permit No. 81-012 <br />Reclamation of Pond 5 <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />Peak Project Management, LLC <br />3800 County Road 63.9 <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />Telephone/Fax: (719) 846-4975 <br />Cell: (719) 859.0111 <br />e-mail: ronthompsonQsensonics.org <br />Z-S-~3 <br />As discussed during your recent monthly inspection, Picketwire Processing is reclaiming much of the mine <br />disturbances located west of the Mine Entrance road and would also like to reclaim Pond 5. <br />Sedimentation Pond 5 lies between the railroad tracks and the Purgatoire River, and direcly west of the <br />entrance road. No mine disturbances report to this control facility. Maps indicate that the azea reporting <br />to this pond may have been planned as a Topsoil Storage Area. However, no mine related disturbance <br />occulted within the drainage reporting to Pond 5, and no future dismrbance is planned. Picke[wire is <br />endeavoring to reclaim as much of the Wes[ Portal area as is practical at this time and will decommission <br />and reclaim Pond 5. This work is scheduled to begin in mid-February [o be completed within one to two <br />days. Potential run-off from this area will be treated by alternative sediment control where needed: either <br />straw bales or silt fence, and contour furrows to help retain precipitation and retard run-off. <br />Picketwire wilt notify the Division when work is completed. Please call me if there are any questions or if <br />additional information is required before the pond can be decommissioned. <br />Sintce^re <br />Ron Thompson <br />cc: Elmer Bentley, Lorencito Coal Company <br />Carla Lenkey, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment <br />