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FEB-28-200T 03:04PM <br />~~ <br />FROlf-DIU RECLAMATION MIRING i SAFETY 303A326102 T-1 T5 P.001/001 F-560 <br />`Iw S~ RECEIVED <br />S ~V~' l OJ <br />1 FEB 2 8 20 <br />February 26, 2007 R ~ ~ ^ ~ ~~ Division of Reclamationr <br />J ~ / Mining and Safety <br />Glenda Williams / s < ~ I <br />Division-of Reclamation, Mining and Si ', <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />-RE: Benson Brothers Red Shale Pit, File No. M-2005-071 TR-Ol, New watei source for dust <br />suppression. Revision. <br />Dear Ms. Williams: <br />Benson Brothers hereby petitions for a hearing br<Fore the Mined Iand Reclamation Board regarding the <br />denial of our technical revision request to use water from the BB Seep for dust suppression at the <br />permitted site referenced above. We do not.feel that additional off-site impacts. will be creaied.by using. <br />the seep pond and existing access road to fill water, trucks. The water will be obtained from the BB Seep <br />by driving a water truck down the existing access road to the seep pond and setting the suction-line from <br />the truck mounted pump into the pond to fill the water. truck. The access toad to the seep pond was <br />previously used for this purpose by local fire trucks to fill their tanks and was also used by Quinn Coal <br />Company to fill water trucks for dust suppression at illeir coal mine. These facts were verified by Joe <br />Belden, the previous owner'of the seep pond. We contend that the impact would be'no different than <br />using any other off-site water source to fill the water truckand no additional reclamation would required <br />by using this source. <br />Please let me know when we will be scheduled for a hearing and if there is any additional information you <br />require. Thank you for your assistance is this matter. <br />Sin~cejrely~, ~ <br />Michael Ripp <br />Consultant <br />P.Q. Box 54 • Delta, CO 81416 <br />(970) 8745127 • Far (970) 8743161 • e-maiL• mvripp®aol.com , <br />