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`7~! <br />4 © MONTGOMERY WATSON <br />Mining Graup <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />sss <br />RECEIVED <br />January 3, 2000 <br />Linda M. Gross <br />Field Manager <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Kremmling Field Office <br />1116 Park Avenue <br />Kremmling, Colorado 80459 <br />(970) 724-3437 <br />Re: Kerr Coal Company -Borehole Reclamation Plan <br />Dear Ms. Gross: <br />JAN 0 5 2000 <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />In response to your letter of November 7, 1999 and my subsequent conversations with Jim <br />Perry of your office, we have reviewed available documentation for historical exploration <br />activities on the referenced lands and have developed the accompanying Borehole Reclamation <br />Plan. As noted in your letter and consistent with the information Jim provided and our own <br />review, there are at least 47 boreholes in the subject area and possibly more. Documented <br />borehole locations and designations are shown on a map (Map 857KL-1, Federal Coal Lease - <br />Exploration Boreholes) which is currently being finalized and will be provided under separate <br />cover. While the majority of these boreholes were completed by Kerr in conjunction with <br />historic coal exploration activities, it appears that some were completed by other entities. I[ is <br />Kerr's intent to identify, plug, and reclaim all boreholes completed by Kerr for which there is <br />no continuing beneficial use. As an integral patt of the plan, Kerr will identify any wells that <br />may have continuing beneficial uses (monitoring or water supply) and provide justification for <br />well retention and future use for BLM review and concurrence. Kerr's proposed borehole <br />reclamation plan consists of the following components: <br />• Field reconnaissance and inventory of wells <br />• Determination of potential for beneficial use <br />• BLM review and concurrence on well retention for beneficial use <br />• Well plugging and reclamation <br />Details for each of [here plan components are provided in the accompanying plan. <br />P.0. Boa 7740 i 8 Te 1970 879 6260 <br />1475 Pine Grove Road Fax: 9708799048 3er v,ng ;r,e lVOriJ'r En v~ronmenral .Vee ds <br />Steamboat Springs, Colorado <br />80477 <br />