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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />303 866 3567 <br />FA%~. 303 832-8106 <br />OF ~~Cp <br />~4. _ ~ 4.I <br />N'%'10 <br />..~, ~y'+ <br />~ /B'/6 ~ <br />Roy Romer, <br />Governor <br />Fretl R Bama, <br />DATE: February 23, 1990 Division Director <br />T0: File <br />FROM: J.M. Clayton ~/~j <br />RE: Somerset Mine, C-81-022 <br />In a telephone call from Mr. Andrew MoschWer of Somerset, Colorado, he <br />complained of dust coming from the Somerset Mine during their coal stockpiling. <br />In response to the above telephone call an inspection was made of this <br />operation, focusing on dust problems potential. Mr. Bill Percharich discussed <br />the placing of the coal in the last several days and felt that no excessive <br />dust problems had existed during this process. During our inspection wind <br />gusts of an estimated 10 miles per hour blew eastward across the pile to us. <br />No dust problem was noted at this time. The coal stockpiles conformed to <br />permitted parameters. <br />I met with Mr. Moschµer on 22 February 1990 to discuss his complaint. The <br />following is an outline of his conversation and statements: <br />1. The city water pipeline lays beneath the waste pile and the current <br />stockpile. He expressed some concern that these piles may adversely <br />impact any future repairs on this system. <br />2. The access road from Somerset Mine to State Highway 133 has no stop sign <br />as it had when Somerset under U. S. Steel was active. He calicos that the ur'i <br />trucks do not stop, instituting a traffic hazard. 1 advised him to , <br />address this concern to local officials. <br />3. He felt that the major dust problem was caused by road dust. He claimed <br />that Somerset's policy has been to water the road an hour or so into the <br />shift. However, they sometimes don't water the road at all, causing a <br />serious dust situation that adversely impacted his "black lung" <br />condition. He felt that regular watering and being forced to stop at a <br />stop sign would largely resolve this issue. <br />4. He told me that spillage of coal by Bear Coal trucks is a frequently <br />occurring thing. In fact one truck spilled coal along the highway <br />through Somerset. He called the State Patrol but by the time they <br />responded several hours later, the spill had been cleaned up. <br />