REV06203

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/17/1994
• Doc Name: WEST ELK MINE PN C-80-007 MR124
• From: DMG
• To: MCC
• Type & Sequence: MR124
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 51 . Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 17, 1994
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
Mr. Henry Barbe Ken Salazar
Mountain Coal Company exec uhve Direr br
P.O. BoX 591 M¢haelB Long
Somerset, CO 81434 Division Director
RE: Minor Revision No. 124; West Elk Mine; Permit No. C-80-007
Dear Mr. Barbe;
The Division has reviewed Mountain Coal Company's (MCC) application
for the above referenced minor revision, which proposes to complete
soil borings and install piezometers. The Division has the
following comments regarding this application:
1. What is the purpose of completing these soil borings and
installing piezometers?
2. Please provide the Division a map which shows the location of
the holes to be drilled. This map does not have to be
incorporated into the permit at this time. As MCC has
committed in the application, a map should be provided to be
incorporated into the permit, following the project, to show
the location of the piezometers.
3. The Division must include reclamation costs associated with
the piezometers. Please see the attached reclamation task for
sealing the piezometers.
4. MCC should forward to the Division, within 60 days of
abandoning the drill holes, abandonment reports for the holes
not utilized as piezometers.
5. Will MCC report the data obtained from the piezometers to the
Division? How often will the piezometers be monitored and how
often will the data be forwarded to the Division?
6. The Division recommends that MCC forward to the Division
completion diagrams for the piezometers. This information
will assist the Division in completing an accurate reclamation
estimate for sealing the piezometers and to correlate the data
received with the depth of the piezometer.
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