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iiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii 999 blue RECEIVED. ribbon COaI AU G 2 31984 company MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION Colo. Dept of Natural Resources August 23, 1984 Mr. Robert Liddle Reclamation Specialist Colorado Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, Room 423 Denver, CO. 80203-2273 blue ribbon coal company p. o. box 58 delta, Colorado 81416 (303) 874-7561 RE: Blue Ribbon Coal Company Permit ~fC-047-81 Damage to Hubbard Creek Caused by June 7, 1984 Flood Dear Mr. Liddle: Today we are submitting the requested plan for reclaiming the four areas in Hubbard Creek. The Division has suggested these areas need attention due to coal deposits caused by the June 7, 1984 flood which cut across Blue Ribbon's lower coal stockpile. I note that a copy of your August 13, 1984 letter relating to this subject did go to the Montrose office of the Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau of Land Management has inspected the site since BLM surface was, potentially, affected. As we have now thoroughly analyzed Areas A, B, and C as defined by the map attached to your letter, we find that all three of those areas are north of the property boundary which separates U. S. Steel Corporation surface from Bureau of Land Management surface. Therefore, prior to per- forming equipment clean-up on those areas, Blue Ribbon will seek written permission from U. S. Steel Corporation, the land owner of that area. Since no machine clean-up will be required for BLM surface, Blue Ribbon will not seek approval for right of access from them. The Bureau of Land Management gave us verbal permission to enter their property for the purposes of hand clean-up, effective August 13, 1984. Blue Ribbon has prepared a map attachment for this submission which illustrates the coal deposits you designated A, B, and C; the map also illustrates surface ownership and the proposed stream buffer zone which will be established to protect the creek during the recla- mation process. Area D, as defined in your letter, is south of this map attachment, and we accept your description as the definition for the area, i.e. "the stream channel one mile downstream near the Deer Trail ditch intake". Blue Ribbon's intent towards Hubbard Creek reclamation will be limited only to solving the Division's concerns within these four areas, A-D. Note that machine clean-up will be required in Area A and a portion of Area C. No machine clean-up will occur on the remainder of Area C, or Areas B and D. The area designated on the map as C' is the portion of your Area C that will require equip- ment clean-up.