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ARCO Coal Company <br />.3 Sever.teanth Street <br />Lenver. Colorado 30202 <br />Taleohone 303 293 :000 <br />July ls, lssz <br />Mr. Tom D. Gillis <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />State of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CU 80'l03 <br /> <br />JUL 161992 <br />MINE AILS IUN OF <br />~ ~EOLOGv <br />Re: Coal Storage Silos & Overhead Conveyors <br />Hawks Nest Mine -Oliver Site <br />Gunnison County, CO <br />Dear Mr. Gillis: <br />Late last month I advised you Mountain Coal Company had <br />acquired the two concrete silos and overhead conveyor from the <br />Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The purchase of these <br />facilities was included with other transactions we recently <br />completed with the railroad. <br />Our West Elk Mine currently has no plans to use the structures. <br />However, we would like to be notified when the MLRD has firmed <br />up a reclamation schedule that would include demolition of these <br />facilities. We would also appreciate as much advance notice as <br />possible so we can make an updated assessment of our coal <br />storage artd loading needs for West Elk. If, at that time, we can <br />justify a foreseeable need for these structures, we would then <br />like to discuss with the MLRD the retention and re-permitting of <br />the structures by Mountain Coal Company. <br />One suggestion was contained in my letter to you of November <br />1?, 1991, that discussed an escrow arrangement for MLRD funds <br />which could be used at a future date. An alternative, suggested <br />by you, assuming the structures can be refurbished and actually <br />put to use by West Elk, was for the MLRD to complete its <br />reclamation except to leave these structures intact. This would <br />establish a good environmental baseline upon which a new permit <br />could be considered. <br />