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i i III IIIIIIIIIIIII III SLURCO CORPORATION P.O. Box 281304 LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228-9304 Telephone: (303) 980.9340 April 12, 1996 Ms. Janet H. Binns Environmental Protection Specialist Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 RF(;FIVFD qaR "15 199~i Dwision of m)inerais g Geology RE: Clarification of Release Status for the Walden I.oadout Canadian Strip Mine (C-81-026) Dear Ms. Binns, Slurco Corporation hereby requests clarification of the release status for the Walden coal loadout associated with the Canadian Strip Mine. The loadout was permitted by technical revision submitted in September 1982 and approved in April 1983. Both the pre-mine and post-mine land use of the site were industrial use as a railroad siding loadout site. As a result, no bond was issued for the use of the site and the reclamation plan which was approved indicated that following removal of all coal materials associated with the site, it would revert back to an industrial loadout. As final reclamation of the mine occurred in the summer of 1987, the loadout was also reclaimed. An inspection of the site dated May 13, 1988 by the Division indicated that all coal material had been removed and Slurco assumed that the loadout had been released as part of the Phase I bond release for the mine. The question of the loadout was again raised during several conversations with the Division Inspection Staff in 1989. On December 8, 1989, a Permit Revision Application (see attached cover letter) was submitted to the Division to release unmined ]ands in upper Bolton Draw and the release of the loadout site. A requirement of the Permit Revision was the submittal of a Liability Release from the landowner, Wyoming and Colorado Railroad. This was obtained and submitted to the Division (see attached). The Permit Revision was approved by the Division on March 14, 1990 eliminating these lands from the permit and any associated liability. No bond release was associated with this permit revision since there was no bond held on either of the two areas.