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., t III IIIIIIIIIIIII III NORTHWEST PIPELINE CORPORATION PO BO%15?5 54L1 LAKE CItt UTAH flal101536 90i~5P3 PP00 February 17, 1984 Mr. Dan Mathews RECEIVED Mined Land Reclamation 723 Centennial Building FEB 21 1984 1313 Sherman Street Denver , CO 80203 MIMEO LAND RECUMAiION DIVISION Colo. Dept of Natural Raourcea Dear Mr. Mathews: In response to the recent disturbance of the reclaimed Crystal Meadows site, I have searched our files for correspondence that would indicate our responsibility in such an event. This search revealed the following: Western Slope Carbon (WSC) entered into verbal and written agreements in 1977 and 1978 with the then landowners to dump coal mining waste at the site. On August 1, 1978, your office issued a notice of violation and cease and desist order to stop the dumping. The cease and desist order required corrective action be taken beginning with a plan for refuse disposal and a proposal to rectify the environmental damage. Subsequent discussions between your office and WSC formulated a reclamation plan which consisted of: 1) covering the waste with topsoil, 2) revegetation, 3) construction of a protective dike around the edge of the waste pile, 4) installation of monitoring wells (3), 5) collection of water quality data. The requirement to collect water quality data is also a stipulation of the mining permit (stipulation no. 4). All items of the plan were completed with the collection of water quality data remaining as a continuing function. Of importance is the fact that no reclamation bond was required; all work done was based on the notice of violation and cease and desist order as well as requirements of the state's Water Quality Control Division and the Army Corps of Engineers. There remains the problam of collecting water quality data on a quarterly schedule from the three monitoring wells. One of the wells, the northern most, has reportedly been destroyed as a result of grading work done by the current land owner. WSC is not responsible for the landowner's actions. It is therefore apparent that a change needs to be made in the requirement to collect water quality data at Chrystal Meadows. The landowner's action of altering the reclamation work accomplished by WSC must be taken into consideration. We are concerned that the reclamation work may be undone resulting in environmental damage. Unless MLRD has the authority to stop A SUBSIDIARY OF NORTHWEST ENERGY COMPANY :95 f.H iPE14 yJ4Y $Pti LAKE CItt Ui4N P<10P NORTHWEST PIPELINE CORPOR~AT~ION~ i~ik~~~Gu~'t ~l Kenneth E. Buell Environmental Affairs am