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~I~ ~I~~~~~I~~~~~~~~ © 999 MONTGOMERY WATSON Mining Group September 28, 2000 Linda M Gross Bureau of Land Management - Kremmling Field Office 1116 Park Avenue Krentn>ling, OO 80459 Re: Borehole Reclamation -Kea Coal Company Dear Ms. Gross: RECE;'~9" ~~ SEP 2 9 2L. ' Division of Minerals any .._wogy Recently Kea Coal Company (Kerr) provided a letter updating the findings of the borehole reconnaissance and other information pertainurg to activities consistent with the Borehole Reclamation Plan Qanuary 2000). Table 1 and Drawing BLM-1, Federal Coal Lease Exploration Boreholes, were submitted subsequent to the letter. On behalf of Kea, Montgomery Wazson has completed additional research into the potential "ownership" of the boreholes with unlmown history or purpose. This letter and attachmenu provide the updated information for your information and review. The attachmenzs include revised Table 1 and Drawing BLM-1. The copies sent to you previouslyshould be considered superseded bythese attachmenzs. Montgomery Watson contatted several divisions of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) in an effort to identify databases or other file information on borehole drilling in the area of the Kea permit. The DWR provided a listing of drilling permizs, which provided no new information. Throe pemrizs were issued to Kea for drilling in Section 35, Township 9 North, Range 78 West (720 pit area). These correlate somewhat with the AP-3 and AP-2 monitoring wells. The Water Resources Division of USGS, in Grand Junction provided a listing of water wells in the Kea Mme area. Four wells were located within the Kea permit and correlate somewhat with known wells with unlmown origin or ownership. Table 1 and Drawing BLM-1 have been revised to reflect this infomration. Acconiing to the Energy Resources Team of L1SG5, drilling for geologic information was apparently performed bythe former Conservation Division (now BLM) in the McCallum Anticline area neaz the Kerr mine. The information u available in Open File Report 77-888. Borehole location information taken from the report was compared to Drawing BLM-1. Five boreholes were drilled (by the Conservation Division) within the Kea permit, but only one correlates with any lmown wells with unlmown ownership. To snmrry`ri~e the well ownezship, of the 37 bedrock wells, 25 are likely owned by Kea, 8 by the L15GS, and ownership of 4 wells rerrrains unknown. There are approximately 33 alluvial wells, including 3 wells in the 720 Pit; 18 are likely owned by Kea and the rernai~ 15 by the USGS. Po. env nanl3 ,ei 3%o a75 e~so IAS Pine Grove Road pan 570 ii990~8 Serving the World's En viionm entar ~!'e etls Sreamboal Spnngs. Calaratlo 3077