REV96829

• Permit No: C1981026
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/10/1990
• Doc Name: PHASE II BOND RELEASE CANADIAN STRIP MINE C-81-026
• From: MLRD
• To: ROD GANTT
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF CvLut~l)O
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver. CO 80203
303 866-3567
FAX: [phone]
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Ray Ramer,
Governor
Fred R. Banta.
Division Director
September 10, 199C
Mr. Rod Gantt
1011 High View Road
Bayfield, CO 81122
Re: Phase II Bona Release, Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026
Dear Mr. Gantt:
Wyoming Fuels Company has submittea a Phase II Bond Release application to the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) for topsoil replacement and
vegetation cover establishment per Rule 3.03.2(2). The bond release request
covers the 106 acres of reclaimed land at the 155 acre Canadian Strip Mine.
The property can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map entitled
Johnny Moore Mountain. The legal description follows:
Township 8 North, Range 78 West, 6th P.M. Section 10: SE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4
containing 10 acres; Section 11: W1/2 NW1/4, contains 80 acres; Section
2: Beginning at the point 1225 N 89 degrees 41'21"E from the NW corner of
the SW1/4, thence N 89 degrees 47'21"E, 100 feet, thence S 00 degrees
12'39"E, 1500 feet, thence SW to a point on the south section line which
is 1530 feet S 89 degrees 38'00" E of the SW corner of said SW1/4, thence
N 89 degrees 38'00" N, 1530 feet to the SW corner of said SW1/4 thence
N 00 degrees 01 '0s"W, 300 feet, thence N 40 degrees 44'00"E, 1250 feet,
thence NE to the point of beginning, contains 65 acres. The surface
owners are Ida Murphy, Dale Moore, James Kerr and the Bureau of Land
Management.
The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division will render a proposed decision
on the bond release request following a site inspection to assess compliance
with the approved reclamation plan. The inspection was held September 5,
1950, and a decision will be made by October 5, 1990. Your grandmother called
on September 5, 1990, to express concern about the bond release request. She
indicated that you were aware of her concerns and might be able to articulate
them a little more clearly.
Phase II Bond Release covers replacement of a minimum of 6" of soil over the
site and establishment of 90~ of the vegetative cover standard with 90%
statistical accuracy. In addition, the operator must prove that the site is
not contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit
area in excess of pre-mining levels. The Division has done a number of
preliminary inspections this summer in support of this bond release
inspection. Results were summarized during the September 5, 1990 field
inspection and a general inspection was performed.