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- CENTRAL WEST COAL CORPORATION ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br />999 <br />16 July 87 <br />FEDERAL EXPRESS 114604424414 <br />Floyd Johnson, <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />1020 15th Street <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />Dear Mr. Johnson: <br />RFCE~ ~ <br />E <br />M~UC 1 ? 1987 O <br />REC~MA ~ ~~~S/O~- <br />Jomet ime in early May 1 received several notices of civil penalty ana <br />interest claimed due O.S.M. by a collection enforcement entity. I <br />immediately wrote a letter in May asking for details of these violations <br />and assessments since Central West Coal Corporation had not operated since <br />January 1987 and therefore, did not have access to some of this information. <br />To this date, I have not heard any responses to my letter asking for infor- <br />mation so I am taking this means of filing with your office my appeal and <br />objections to many of the named violations. We contend that several of <br />these violations occurred long before Central West Coal Corporation was <br />involved in the State of Missouri, therefore there is no way we were <br />liable on some of the assessments. <br />I would like very much to reach some sort of agreement with O.S.M. and <br />determine exactly what is owed, if anything, and some tonnage method of <br />payment to retire whatever balance we might have in the event we do have <br />some liabilities that can be proven to belong to Central West Coal. This <br />is quite a long and involved scenerio that originated with the-now defunct <br />Midwestern Mining and Reclamation. Central West Coal did begin operation <br />in May 1984 on several of the surrounding leases of Midwestern Mining and <br />Reclamation, therefore it is quite complicated to explain all of the rami- <br />fications of these two companies. <br />I would be most happy to meet in your office at some date agreeable to you <br />and myself to try to resolve this matter which is very important to Central <br />West. If you feel that you can arrange such a meeting ,,,,0~~~~1 you please <br />notify me at our General Offices in Joplin, Missouri r~ 0. Box 50994, <br />Knoxville, TN 37950, (615) 673-0301 or 673-0298. / <br />~nair <br />cc:lb(usan J. Mowry. The Mined Land Reclam ion Di <br />Ronald D. Smith, President, Central est Coal <br />Nicholas Swischer, Esquire <br />M'"B~'~ Thomas J. Carlson, Esquire / <br />P.O. Box 36 <br />Bronauph, MO 64728 <br />(417)822-3218 <br />General OKCea <br />P.O. Box 3046 <br />Jodin, MO 64803 <br />(417) 625.0700 <br />