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YR~ + :.. <br />GARFIELD CITIZENS' ALLIANCE <br />"D-edicated to creating a sustainable future for Garfield County" <br />( «~~~~~ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII RE~EivE~ <br />octohcr 5, 1990 OCT 0 9 1990 <br />h(r. harry Snyder, DirecCor <br />(lCf ice oL Surface Ilinin~; <br />~'. c~cla~:ui Ci c.~n nnrl lnforcement <br />1951 Constitution Avenue, il.h: <br />r:'ashington D.C. 20240 <br />Mined Land <br />Reclari1ation Division <br />lr. Robert Hagen, Direr or <br />Albnq~~cr~lne Jiel.~l 'tE`i.c~ <br />Office of Surface Dining <br />Reclainetion an<I Enforcement <br />625 Silver Avc. S.[•l. <br />Albuquerque, iTew Mexico 37107. <br />!tE: Petition for Review of the Colorado State Program <br />P.car Sirs: <br />On behalf of the Garfield Citizens :111iancc, we want to <br />express oar appreciation of the professional manner in which the <br />staff of the ,\1'uuyuetyue Ficlrl Office has dealt frith us arhile <br />nalcin~ their initial investigation of our 733 petition. They <br />Iravc answered our many questions promptly and kept us :informed one <br />thr. investi;ative steps. <br />Filing the petition 1JL1S a bid undertaking for us huC vc verc <br />t.i.rcd oL Y_Irc operator and the ]livi.sion ki.clcin~ us i.n the teeth. <br />'Cho Office of Surface Tiinin~~, i:eclamativn anri Iintorce.renC - by <br />its nacre alone - offers hope to us that it gill. solve our very <br />serious prohlems. Pleasr_ don't he insulted, but until five <br />rwntlis n^o we were not even a`,rare there was such an a;;ency. <br />r:'e understand the rllbuqucrque staff has sent the resu]ts oL <br />its initial invice:tiSati.on to !lashington for review so that you, <br />i~r. Snyder, can mace your decision this month. <br />Gie have a copy of i'rr~d Bun~a's letter to you and trould lire <br />to address it briefly. l:'e are very disturbed that he didn't <br />document any of his claims, h!e could write tens of pages rebut- <br />ting his misstatements and untruths and attach many supporting <br />exhibits and sworn affidavits. [fowevcr, we are both about to <br />leave on trips with our Families so must be br.ieE. <br />Iir. Banta claims that we should have notified him of our <br />concerns before (or instead of - his meauinL; isn'C clear) EilinB <br />our 733 petition. he Eolloc:ed the requirements of 30 CFC 733. <br />'lorcovcr, we believe that Congrass designed an array of citizen <br />ri~irts, intending citizens to have immediate recourse to the <br />Officr_ when they br_licved a State wa:> not cnrryi.n~ oul: r:omc <br />aspect of the r1cC's requirements. <br />iir. Banta tries to pass off the Division's denial of our <br />right Co a 20-day ca;nnient period after the inEornal conference ~.: <br />an "unfortunate misunderstanding." SJe understood A1r. Savage's <br />1 <br />BOX 111 SILT, COLORADO 81652 945-8205, 984-2729, or 876.2924 <br />