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-~ CONTRACTORS•ENGINEERS III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII NARRISON WESTERN CORPORATION March 27, 1979 Mr. Rick Mills Reclamation Specialist Colorado Department of Mined Land Reclamation Suite 723 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Mr. Mills: Natural Resources Board This letter is in response and to clarify the points made in our meeting of March 12, 1979. Harrison Western Corporation and Peltron Energy, Inc. are planning the development of an underground mining operation for the recovery of coal from a property located in Garfield County, Colorado. These tracts of land are located within Township 5 South, Range 91 West, and Township 5 South, Range 92 West. • Peltron Energy, Inc. has by lease agreement with the owners of the surface and fee coal obtained, the right to explore, develop, and operate a mine for the recovery of coal from the subject property. • Currently, two small independent mine operators are mining coal from separate mine adits on the property. Their production is very limited and the surface disturbances are relatively small. Both mines can probably be considered limited impact operations. • The current mine operators have not filed adequate permit applications or developed reclamation plans in compliance with the Colorado and Federal statutes. The Mined Land Reclamation Board has recently taken preliminary enforcement action against the current operators. ~ Closure of the operations would be a financial hardship on the two current operators, whose livings are derived from the mine operations. • Preparation of permit applications and development of reclamation plans for the areas that would be affected by the mining program currently under consideration by Harrison Western Corporation and Peltron Energy, Inc. can be prepared and submitted during the next six months. continued..........