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.' .LY <br />.. <br />~,- „A • til <br />N° ~~ <br />1 0~ <br />'~~ <br />~%1-' <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />I.Y PEPLI' REFCP Tll <br />COC-22777 <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (190) <br />CRAIG DISTRICT OFFICE <br />455 Emerson Slrcer <br />Craig, Colorado 616?5 <br />hIAY 20 1?9q <br />Mr. Steve Renner, Coal Program Supervisor <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215 <br />1313 Sherman St. <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Renner: <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) completed an inspection of Kerr Coal <br />Company's Marr Mine, Pit #1, with the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (CDM&G) and the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to evaluate the <br />intermediate pit reclamation. There ie a difference of opinion between CDM&G <br />and OSM regarding the final reclamation goals for Pit #1. CDM6G had approved <br />Technical Revision #7 and #10 authorizing a final deep valley configuration, <br />deviating from the original proposed configuration. The oSM representative, <br />Steve Rathbun, informed the group that the recontouring was a violation: <br />rather than reconstructing the large ridge, the pit was recontoured to the <br />standards approved in the CDM&G's technical revieione. <br />The technical revieione approved by CDM6G meet the land management objectives <br />of the BLM. The HLM ie the primary landowner (manager) of the land <br />encompassed by Pit #1. The existing pit configuration meets the HLM's land <br />management requirements for grazing and wildlife habitat. The site has been <br />recontoured to a shape which blends with the surrounding landscape and <br />topography. The change in watershed direction is minor, with all future <br />runoff remaining tributary to the Canadian River. <br />The Kerr Coal Company has complied with Technical Revisions #7 and #10 in good <br />faith. Requiring Kerr Coal to restore Pit #1 to its approximate original <br />contour will restore the shape of the land, but will not further improve its <br />value to the public. It is our recommendation that the CDMSG and OSM do not <br />issue a Notice of Violation to Kerr Coal. <br />If you have any questions regarding our positior. on this mat*_er, please <br />contact Jim Perry, Natural Resource Specialist, at the Kremmling Area Office, <br />(303) 724-3437. <br />Sincerely, <br />~ I C~.LCJ~LG'._-J~ <br />h.,Y Bob Schneider <br />Acting District Manager <br />