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> <br />.P f ,~ <br /> <br />Mr. Byron Walker <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />April 14, 1999 <br />Re: Enterprise Natural Gas Compressor Station <br />Deaz Mr. Walker: <br />RECEIVED <br />APR 16x999 <br />Division c1 Minerals & Geclo9Y <br />I believe the initial foray into this issue involving the gas compressor station, located just across <br />the fence (East) from the Keenesburg Mine site, began while Tony Waldron was the <br />Environmental Protection Specialist working with Keenesburg. At the time, the Colorado Oil and <br />Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) was working with the then owner of the Enterprise <br />Compressor Station (Snider Oil Company (Snider)) to resolve apparent ground water <br />contamination issues involved with the operation of that facility: Coors Energy Company was <br />approached because part of the mitigation effort would involve a determination of the size, extent <br />and direction of movement of the groundwater contamination. Due to the proximity of the <br />compressor station to the Keenesburg Mine's property line and the determined direction of <br />groundwater flow in the immediate azea, it would necessitate drilling a monitor well on our <br />property. <br />If I remember correctly (and please feel free to consult with Tony, and/or Dave Berry to see if my <br />memory is anywhere neaz accurate), both CDMG and Coors Energy felt that cooperation with <br />this effort would be beneficial to all parties concerned. The stipulation we placed on the activity <br />was a requirement that the monitoring well site be fully restored (i.e.; any damage be restored to <br />the same condition encountered prior to Spider's entry to the property) upon completion of the <br />necessary monitoring work involving that well. Since Snider was already working under the <br />oversight of COGCC; and because, while it was theoretically a part of the Keenesburg Mine <br />Permit Area, the proposed well site was East of the paved access road, between that road and the <br />property fence, it was determined that the additional imposition of CDMG regulations on this <br />activity would not be necessary. With this understanding, Coors Energy entered into an <br />agreement allowing Snider to install a monitoring well on the Keenesburg Mine property. <br />Coors Energy has again been contacted by representatives for Snider (see enclosures), requesting <br />permission for an additional well, for the reasons enumerated in that correspondence. This <br />second well would be located in the same general area as the previous well, that being between <br />the paved mine access road and the property line fence. Coors Energy continues to believe that <br />-" <br />~.: <br />'.f . i. <br />.~f:' ~1. 1,. <br />~~~ . _ <br />ENERGY COMPANY <br />P.O. BO% 40] GOLDEN, COLORADO 80402 <br />