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RECEI VE® <br />~~ <br /> <br />DEC 3 1 2002 <br />KERR-MCGEE R®lilt ~ MGdITA/ GftRl~d1R~® M~eerals and geology <br />1999 BROADWAY, SUITE 3600 DENVER, COLORAD080202 <br />December 31, 2002 '~ <br />Via Hand Delivery <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />/ ~ <br />Re: Objection to Amendment Application to MLRB 112 Permit M-1998-013 ~ rvl ' d ~ <br />Hall-Irwin Corporation's The Shores Gravel Mining Operation, Firestone, CO <br />/^ <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br />This letter is in response to the Public Notice we received regarding the <br />application by Hall-Irwin Corporation (the "Applicant") to amend its permit for The <br />Shores Resource mine located in Section 1 and 2, Township 2 North, Range 68 West, <br />Weld County, Colorado (the "Application Lands"). Kerr-McGee Rocky Mountain <br />Corporation and Kerr-McGee Gathering LL.C (collectively "Kern-McGee") hereby <br />submit their objections to the proposed application. <br />Ken-McGee owns interests in several oil and gas leases covering the Application <br />Lands and currently operates the Rocky Mountain Coors Gas Unit #2 Well and <br />associated production facilities located in the SW/4NW/4 of Section 1, which lies within <br />the Application Area. In addition Kerr-McGee also has rights pursuant to its leasehold <br />interests to drill future wells within the Application Area at locations authorized under <br />the regulations of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. <br />Although the plats as submitted to Kerr-McGee do appear to carve out a small <br />area around Kerr-McGee's Rocky Mountain Coors Gas Unit #2 Well, the plats do not <br />show the proximity of the Applicant's proposed mining operations in relation to such <br />well. Kerr-McGee is concerned rhar rhP An„hgant hoc nn( prnvirjPrl ~n ali en1i~afa D'.'_m•':?.w <br />area in its plan to protect the integrity of this existing well or for Ken-McGee to maintain <br />and service this well in a safe and prudent manner. <br />In addition to the existing well, Kerr-McGee is also legally entitled and currently <br />has plans to drill future wells and to construct gas gathering pipelines, tank batteries, <br />heater/treaters and related facilities ("Facilities") on the Application Lands. The <br />Applicant's plan does provide for a setback area in the SE/4NE/4 of Section 2, however <br />once again, from the plats provided, it is difficult to ascertain the proximity of the <br />Applicant's proposed mining operations in relation to any such future well and Facilities. <br />Moreover, this setback area does not appear to be a legal well location in the SE/4NE/4 <br />of Section 2. Finally, the Applicant's plan fails entirely to provide for future wells and <br />related Facilities which Kerr-McGee is legally entitled to drill and construct in the <br />E/2SE/4 of Section 2 or for an additional well in the SW/4NW/4 of Section 1. <br />Gasf 04,~<d <br />i-3/-oz <br />