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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ 999 ~- , ~ g a in.m.cm.m February 9, 1994 CITY of TRINIDAD P. O. Box 880 TRINIDAD, COLORADO TELEPHONE (719) 846-9813 FAX NO. (719) 846-4140 8io8a ~ECEIV~p FEB 1 ~ 1994 L~ivi~ion of rl~nera~~ t4 Veoiouy Steve Renner Division of Minerals and Geology Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver CO 80203 Dear Mr. Renner, This letter is in follow-up to your telephone conversation with Utility Superintendent, James Fernandez on February 8, 1994, regarding the former operation of a coal loading facility by Energy Fuels Mining Company on former Burlington Northern Railroad property now owned by the City of Trinidad. As your division has been previously made aware by communications from the City, the City became the owner of the property as a result of a land exchange with Burlington Northern Railroad, without any knowledge of previous operations on the property by Energy Fuels Mining Company. The City's objective and intent in acquiring the property was to use the land for wastewater disposal for both sludge and effluent. It is currently the City's plan to begin making use of the land in this manner in the near future. Since the City's acquisition of the property, the Colorado Department of Transportation has placed large amounts of topsoil on the property to be used in the final construction phase of the Trinidad Bypass project. This was done with the City's permission. At the time the City granted this permission, it had no knowledge of prior activities by Energy Fuels Mininq Company. It is the City's position that the use of the property for stockpiling of topsoil by the Colorado Department of Transportation constitutes a post-mining land use justifying release of the Energy Fuels Mining Company's bond. The contemplated use of the property as a wastewater disposal site would also constitute a post-mining land use. These uses are consistent with the zoning classification of the land. The land is zoned Growth-Industrial.