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iii iiiiiiiiiiii iii STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Deparlmcnl of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman $i ,Room 215 Dcrner, Coloradu ft02(Il Vhune: f3(131 BGfi~35G7 FAx. (7031 H3LtlIU6 November 30, 1995 Ms. Lucy Gloria Davis Rimrock Coal Company 1350 17th Street Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 II~~~ DEPAIiTM ENT 01= NATURAL RESOURCES kuy Rnmer covr,nu, Imm~$ tut hhrad rxe~~~~,r u~n•, ~,~, ~,~~nael tl rn~~~ RE: ApplicanWiolator System "Deny" Recommendation, Rimrock Coal Company, o,..nn nnr. ~„~ The Rimrock Mine, CDMG Permit No. C-89-074 Dear Ms. Davis: The expiration date of the CDMG permit for the Rimrock Strip Mine is December 12, 1995. A recent review of the ApplicanWiolator System (AVS) System has shown that a "Deny' recommendation exists for the renewal of CDMG Permit No. C-69-074. This "Deny" recommendation exists due to the administrative link between Rimrock Coal Company and Richard Randall of Randall and Blake, Inc of Colorado. Mr. Randall is currently listed in the AVS as having had an interest in Randall and Blake, Inc. of Oklahoma at a time when Randall and Blake, Inc. of Oklahoma was associated with certain Oklahoma operations that had received enforcement actions from the State of Oklahoma. Civil penalties issued to these Oklahoma operations currently total $90,000.00. It has come to our attention that Randall and Blake, Inc. of Colorado requested, and was recently granted, a second postponement of an Informal Conference scheduled with the State of Oklahoma regarding Randall and Blake, Inc. of Colorado's interest in these matters. The new Informal Conference is now scheduled for December 8, 1995. We sincerely hope that the December 8, 1995 Oklahoma Informal Conference results in the State of Oklahoma revising its AVS "deny" recommendation. Please understand that if the AVS recommendation on the December 12, 1995 renewal decision due date is "Deny", the Division will have no choice but to issue a proposed decision to deny renewal of the CDMG Permit No. C-89-074 for the Rimrock Strip Mine. The ApplicanWiolator System (AVS) is a nationwide computerized data system developed by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) which contains information pertaining to ownership, control, and enforcement of coal mining and reclamation operations in the United States. Under a March 12, 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Colorado and OSM, the Division periodically reviews the information in this data system to determine whether any operations in Colorado are associated administratively with operations in other states that have any unresolved enforcement actions pending, any fees or penalties outstanding, or have had any mining permits revoked and/or bonds forfeited. Please contact me at (303) 866-3567 regarding this matter. Sincerely, Daniel I. Hernandez Senior Environmental Protection Specialist CERTIFIED MAIL NO. Z 416 876 553 Return Receipt Requested M:~oss.mmro,.~r.a~n