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. d~, ~G~ ^ <br />~ENECA Seneca Coal Com <br />Coal Company <br />November 6, 2006 <br />Mr. Dave McElhaney <br />Division of Water Resources <br />b ~~ <br />~~~~ 8~ <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />D <br />co <br />2 <br />3 1 ~ 2006 <br />enver, <br />80 <br />0 NOV <br /> <br />RE: Seneca II-W Mine, ®MG Pemut G82-057 Divisr.,n cr ~-~=iamation, <br />,u Safety <br />W24 Series Well Abandonment Summary ,; <br />Mminy <br />Deaz Mr. McElhaney, <br />In a letter dated July 14, 2006, Seneca notified [he ®MG of the status of the above referenced <br />wells. A copy of that letter was senx to you. In thax letter, Seneca requested a variance front _ <br />normal abandonment procedures. <br />On October 10, Doug Stevenson of the DWR Glenwood Springs office came out here to inspect <br />the wells. However, due to recent rainfall, the road to the wells was too muddy to access. On <br />October 13, I was able to get to the site and take some pictures. They aze included with this <br />document. The photos numbers referenced below maybe found on the back of the photos. <br />Photo 6: Well site looking west towards Pond 016. Three wells are visible, two wellheads have <br />sunk below the ground surface. All wellheads were originally at the same elevation. The shovel in <br />the photo is four feet long. <br />Photo 7: Well site looking east towards the Pond 016A dam <br />Photo 8: Well W WC24 well head has sunk abort[ a foot below the ground surface. <br />Photo 9: Well WSC24 well head just below ground surface. <br />Photo 10: Discharge of french drain, looluttg east. <br />Seneca requests that the DWR keeps our request for the abandonment variance on their agenda. <br />_ ___ Should you or other me_m_bets of the Division have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me <br />at (970) 276-5209. - ~ - -~ -- ~ - _ -- _ ~_ _ _ _ <br />Sincerely, <br />Dennis Jones <br />Hydrologist I <br />Seneca Coal Company <br />cc: Mr. Mike Boulay, CDMG/ <br />Daniel Mathews, CDMG <br />Doug Stevenson, DWR, Glenwood Springs <br />Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Box 670 • Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />Telephone (970) 276-3707 • FAX (970) 276-3014 <br />