ENFORCE26559

• Permit No: C1981020
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 3/12/2002
• Doc Name: Abatement Extension Request
• From: J. E. Stover & Associates
• To: DMG
• Violation No.: CV2001018
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES
2768 COMPASS DAIVE, SUITE 101
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81506
PHONE: [phone], FAX [phone]
MINE ENGINEERING
MINE RECLAMATION
March 11, 2002
Dan Mathews
Division of Minerals and Geology
101 South 3rd Suite 301
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Re: Lodestar Energy, Inc.
Munger Canyon Mine;
Permit No. C_81-020
Dear Mr. Mathews:
NOV CV-2001-018
gVIL ENGINEERING
CONST. MANAGEMENT
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The referenced NOV was written on December 21, 2001 for failure to complete the interim
reclamation at the Munger Mine bench as contemporaneously as practicable. The violation will be
abated after the coal material located at the Munger Mine bench is covered with non-toxic soil and
reseeded with the approved stabilization seed mix. The abatement deadline is March 21, 2002.
On behalf of Lodestar Energy, Inc., and in accordance with Rule 5.03.2(c)(i), please extend the
abatement deadline until April 21, 2002.
Rule 5.03.2(c)(iv) provides for the extension of an abatement period of more than 90 days where
climatic conditions preclude abatement within 90 days or where, due to climatic conditions,
abatement within 90 days clearly would cause more environmental harm than it would prevent. The
work remaining is to cover the compacted coal material with non-toxic soil, The work has not been
completed within the 90 day abatement period because of climatic conditions. Access to the Mine
bench is problematic during some winter months. The mine site at Lodestar's nearby McClave
Canyon Mine has been snow covered, frozen or a muddy mess this winter with conditions expected
to be slightly worse at the Munger Mine bench because it is slightly higher in elevation and is on
a north facing slope. These winter weather conditions are not suitable for covering the coal
material with non-toxic cover.
Lodestar has mobilized a track dozer to its McClave Canyon Mine to perform the abatement step
as soon as weather conditions permit. A week of relatively dry weather is considered necessary
before the work should begin. The compacted coal material is within an area that has
sedimentation control so delaying the project should not be an environmental concern. Lodestar
is committed to performing the work necessary to abate the NOV as soon as weather permits.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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JJf E. Sct~over, P.E.
Consulting Engineer
cc: Lodestar Energy, Inc. -Utah Office & Mine Office