PERMFILE71706

• Permit No: C1989074
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/8/1989
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT EE GAS COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

THOMAS R. YOUNG
ATTORNEY AT LAW
1265 Meadow Sweet Road
• Golden, Colorado 80401
[phone]
January 23, 1989
Certified Return Receipt Requested
Mr. Jack Peryatel, President
Raton Natural Gas Company
P.O. Hox 308
1115 South Second Street
Raton, New Mexico 87740
Dear Mr. Peryatel:
My client, William T. Davis d/b/a Rimrock Coal Company,
has asked that I write to you concerning the liabilities and
responsibilities that must be undertaken by Raton Natural
Gas Company if the existing gas line crossing the Coal
Permit Application Area, situated in the N1/2 Sec. 29, T335,
R63W is to remain in place.
• Mr. James Stevens with the Mined Land Reclamation
Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado
has told Mr. Davis that it is possible to waive the
restriction of blasting within 500 feet of a gas
transmission line to a lesser distance. Even if the
restriction is waived, that under the law, the Permit
applicant still remains liable for damage to any structure
within the area of the coal permit.
With this development, Mr. Davis has instructed me to
notify you that he will accept no liability or
responsibility for the protection of the gas transmission
line during the mining operation. If the gas line is to
remain in its present location, Raton Natural Gas Company
must accept complete liability and responsibility. Raton
Natural Gas Company shall be solely responsible to take
whatever actions are necessary to insure that the line is
satisfactorily protected during mine operations.
We see several alternatives to the actions which Raton
Natural Gas Company could undertake to protect its gas
transmission line, they are as follows:
(1) Move the gas line to another location while
the coal mining permit is in effect. Return to
• original location when mining completed.