REV15400

• Permit No: C1983058
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 2/1/1995
• Doc Name: TWIN PINES 2 MINE AND COAL SALES YARD PN C-83-058 PROPOSED DECISION TR 7 FINAL RECLAMATION PLAN
• From: DMG
• To: TWIN PINES 2 MINE
• Type & Sequence: TR7
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Rewurces
1713 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FA%: [phone]
February 1, 1995
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Mr. Lawrence G. White Roy Rolner
Twin Pines No. 2 Mine Governor
lames 5. Lochhead
16154 Highway 115 fK¢cuhve Director
Florence
C~ 81226 Michael B Long
, Division Director
Re: Twin Pines No. 2 Mine and Coal Sales Yard (Permit No. C-83-058)
Proposed Decision -Technical Revision No. 7 (Ftinal Reclamation Plaa~,
Dear Mr. White:
Thank you for the materials received in the field on January 26, 1995, and by fax on January 30,
1995, pertaining to Technical Revision No. 7. The Division proposes to approve this revision
with one stipulation; comments are outlined below.
Notice of the proposed decision will be published as soon as possible. The publication will
initiate the ten-day public comment period for the Division's decision.
Twin Pines No. 2 Mine Site
Structure Removal
1.) Resolved.
2.) Resolved with the following conditions. In the absence of specific documentation from the
appropriate utility company or companies, Twin Pines Limited will be held responsible for
[he proper removal of the incoming power lines and poles to the mine and sales sites and
for the substations at the mine and sales sites. In the absence of such documentation, the
pending bond calculation will reflect power pole, powerline and substation removal costs,
and bond release will be delayed until removal of these features by an appropriate party is
effected.
Portal Closure
1.) We will stipulate this concern as follows:
Stipulation No. 17:
THE OPERATOR WQ.L OBTAIN DOCUMENTATION FROM THE MSHA WHICH VERIF~S THAT
THE PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED PORTAL CLOSURE METHOD, FOR BOTH THE MINE SITE
AND THE SALES AREA, IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH MSHA REQUBtEMENTS. SUCH
DOCUMENTATION MUST BE SUBMTTTED NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 1995.