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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII STATE O~ COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SI.. Room 21 S <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I v 15 1 0 N O F <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MINERAL S <br />FAX: (303)87?-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATION <br /> MINING•SAFETY <br />Januayy 17, 2002 <br /> gill Owens <br /> Governor <br />Mr <br />Paul Carr Greg E. Walther <br />. Ezecutive Director <br />Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Michael B. Long <br />Air Pollution Control Division Division Director <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />APCD-SS-B 1 <br />Denver, CO 80246-1 5 30 <br />Dear Mr. Carr: <br />Our office received a letter on January 14, 2002, from a citizen regazding the Lorencito Canyon <br />Coal Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. In this letter, the citizen states that a photo <br />submitted with the letter "shows a cloud of poisonous nitrogen gases hugging the ground near <br />Primero School during a temperature inversion. Clouds like this have enveloped the school yazd <br />and homes nearby." <br />While blasting at surface coal mines is to a degree regulated by our office, we believe the concern <br />regarding the potential toxicity of gases generated from these blasts falls more within the <br />jurisdiction and expertise of the Air Pollution Control Division. <br />We therefore request the assistance of the Air Pollution Control Division in investigating this <br />particulaz concern. Please contact me at your earliest convenience at (303) 866-4933 to discuss <br />this matter further. Thank you. <br />Sincerely, <br />Daniel I. Hernandez a <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Cc: Kent Gorham, DMG <br />David Berry, DMG <br />Enclosure <br />