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• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/21/2006
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Daniel Bear
• Type & Sequence: MR27
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
C O L O R A D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION o r
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING
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SAFETY
August 21, 2006
Bill Owens
Governor
Mr. Daniel Bear Russell ceorBe
17036 Opal Hill Drive Enecu[ive Director
Parker CO 80134 Ronald w. cattany
, Division Dlrec[or
Natural Resource Truztee
RE: Beaz No. 3 Mine, Permit No. C-1981-033, Beaz Coal Company
Minor Revision No. 27, Clazify Reclamation Plan, Revised First Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Beaz:
On August 18, 2006, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) was contacted by
Mazlene Crosby, Interim County Manager for Gunnison County. She wanted to clear up a
misconception concerning county permitting information that I had received from Gunnison County
one week earlier. The county permitting information I received and passed on to Bear Coal Company
(BCC) in the MR-27 adequacy review letter dated August 15, 2006 was relevant only for incorporated
azeas of Gunnison County. The Bear Mine No. 3 is in att unincorporated area so county permits and
approvals will not be required for certain reclamation activities.
The Division reiterates, however, that it is the responsibility of BCC to provide written documentation
to the Division as to whether or not Gunnison County hasjurisdiction over certain reclamation
activities. Therefore, questions numbered two and three of the Division's first adequacy review letter
for MR-27 need to be revised. The two revised questions follow:
2. In Beaz Coal Company's Midterm Review response letter dated July 26, 2006, which also
served as the cover letter for MR-27, BCC stated their belief that Gunnison County does not
have the authority to regulate burial of debris on site, a MR-27 issue, nor has the jurisdiction
concerning the reclamation status of the bridge over the North Fork of the Gunnison River, a
2005 Midterm issue.
Please provide written confirmation from Gunnison County as to whether or not the activities
proposed in MR-27 need county approval. [f county approval is needed, please provide that
approval to the Division. These proposed activities include demolishing or burning the mine
office, onsite burial of concrete [hat is free of organic matter and contamination,
decommissioning and reclaiming the sewage system and removing the power poles and
transformer.
It is the Division's understanding from our conversation with Gunnison County that Jon Lee of
the Ragged Mountain Fire Protection District (970-929-6575) needs to be contacted if BCC
decides to burn down the mine office building.
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines