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Mountain Coal Company <br />West Elk Mine <br />Post Office Box 591 <br />Somerset, Colorado 9143a <br />Telephone 970 929.5015 <br />Fax 970 929-5595 <br />January 13, 1998 <br />Ms. Susan McCannon <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Ms. McCannon: <br />ii uiiiiuiii <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 2 0 ~gg8 <br />r Division of Minerals & Geolo9Y <br />r~ <br />1 have spoken with Dave Berry about scheduling a meeting with the Division, Mountain Coal Company (MCC) <br />and our consultants for a presentation on MCC's fault water inFlows study and to present our analyses and <br />findings on the water discharge at the Bear Mine that is included in Notice of Violation (NOV) CV-97-022. <br />Dave and i have mutually agreed on January 21, 1998 for this meeting. Dave has suggested that the meeting <br />start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 noon, but to allow sufficient time for these very important discussions, <br />MCC favors a start time of 9:00 a.m. <br />The primary purpose of this meeting is to provide the results of technical analyses regarding water being <br />discharged from the Bear Mine area that is allegedly originating at the West Elk Mine. MCC will also provide <br />a written summary of these results, and a brief follow-up report of the landslide findings presented to you on <br />December 18, 1997. MCC also believes that this meeting will provide the Division with the necessary <br />information to resolve outstanding issues in the matter of the NOV as well as MCC's Probable Hydrologic <br />Consequence revision submittal. <br />For your planning and consideration, the following people will be attending the meeting representing Mountain <br />Coal Company: <br />Kathy Welt, MCC Dr. Alan Mayo, Mayo and Associates, Inc. <br />Phil Schmidt, MCC Dr. Bob Weiner, Wright Water Engineers, Inc. <br />Gene DiClaudio, MCC Jonathan Jones, Wright Water Engineers, Inc. <br />Kirk Mueller, ARCO Coal <br />Terry O'Connor may attend depending on the resolution of a schedule conFlict. Additionally, Mountain Coal <br />Company appreciates the attendance of key Division personnel. <br />Mountain Coal Company looks forward to this presentation as a constructive exchange. Please let me know or <br />have Dave contact me if you should have any questions in the interim. <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br />Phil G. Schmidt <br />Engineering Manager <br />xc: David Berry Kirk Mueller <br />Michael Boulay Terry O'Connor <br />Gene DiClaudio Kathy Welt <br />Jonathan Jones <br />