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_~ <br />~~I ~I~II~~I~~~~~~I~ <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Natural Resources <br />I } 13 Sherman 51.. Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80207 <br />Phone 13031866-3567 <br />FA% 13071832-8106 <br />May 15, 1995 <br />Mr. George Patterson <br />Kerr Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 487 <br />Walden, CO 80480 <br />RE: 720 Pit Area, <br />Continued Phase I Bond Release Inspection, <br />Kerr Coal Company, Marr Mine, Permit No. C-80-006. <br />Dear Mr. Patterson: <br />II~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. Lochhead <br />Eaecuuve Dnenor <br />Michael B. Long <br />Divaon Oneclor <br />This notice is to announce the continuation of the Phase I bond release inspection from <br />5/12/94. Individuals present during the 5/12/94 inspection included: <br />Stephen Rathbun <br />Henry Austin <br />Jim Perry <br />Randy Price <br />David Berry <br />Bobbie Mobley <br />Josephine Calkins <br />John Wilkes III <br />Jerry Nettleton <br />George Patterson <br />Dept. of Interior, Office of Surface Mining; <br />Dept. of Interior, Office of Surface Mining; <br />Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management; <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology; <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology; <br />Colorado State Land Board; <br />Colorado State Land Board; <br />Colorado State Land Board; <br />TerraMatrix; and <br />Kerr Coal Company, Marr Strip Mine. <br />The 5/12/94 inspection focused on backfilling, regrading, and drainage control for the <br />720 Pit and Pit 1 areas. Comments raised by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (DMG) inspectors, have been addressed through technical revision to the <br />mining and reclamation plan (TR-12). Office of Surface Mining (OSM) inspectors, <br />present at that inspection, have argued that Pit 1 reclamation did not satisfy <br />"approximate original contour" requirements. OSM concerns have been satisfied through <br />technical revision (TR-13). Kerr Coal Company anticipates that field implementation of <br />the plans approved through TR-13, will not be completed until the fall season of 1995. <br />As such, Kerr Coal Company has modified their original Phase I request to include only <br />the 720 Pit area. Specifically excluded from the current Phase 1 bond release request are <br />the areas previously referred to as "pre-law" reclamation Marr Strip, the office and <br />facilities area, the Tipple loadout, and Pit 1. <br />