REV101721

• Permit No: C1981047
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/24/1987
• Doc Name: BLUE RIBBON BOND RELEASE DECISION REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE FN C-81-047
• From: MLRD
• To: BLUE RIBBON COAL CO ALLEN BROTHERS COAL
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
DAVID C. SHELTON, Director
April 24, 1987
Mr. Jim Stover
Blue Ribbon Coal Company
P.O. Box 1352
Palisade, Colorado 81526
Mr. Gifford Allen
Allen Brothers Coal
2945 Hwy 92
Hotchkiss, Colorado 81419
RE: Blue Ribbon Bond Release Decision - Request for Continuance
File C-81-047
Gentlemen:
The Division received a request for an adjudicatory hearing with the MLRD
Board on April 20, 1987. In accordance with Rule 3.03.2(6) the hearing must
be held within 30 days of the request unless a continuance is requested. The
Division is requesting that Blue Ribbon Coal Company and Allen Brothers Coal
agree to a continuance for about one month.
The Continuance would ensure that more favorable weather conditions will exist
at the time of the hearing, in case the Board desires an on site visit. In
addition, several new Board members will start their terms in May and it is
not known whether enough board members will be able to attend the hearing to
provide a quorum. - Both parties have verbally indicated they would consider a
continuance. For our files, would you sign the attached form and return it to
our office within 10 days. You will be contacted in mid May with details of
the time and place of the June hearing.
The Division recognizes that the Allen Brothers have a legal right to object
to our decision and a right to request a hearing near the mine. However, the
Division would prefer not to call a special Board hearing in Paonia, since it
would mean another 1 1/2 days of business for board members and staff, as well
as considerable expense to the State. In the interest of resolving the issues
and avoiding the hearing I would like to encourage Blue Ribbon and Allen
Brothers to meet again to see if the differences can be worked out without
outside intervention. To this end, I would like to invite both parties to
meet in early May. The Division is willing to offer private conference rooms
in Denver and we have obtained permission to use conference rooms at the
Department of Highways, in Glenwood Springs and Colorado Mountain College,
near Carbondale if you prefer to meet somewhere between the mine and Denver.
423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. [phone]