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o,`~.~..a~~ o. .. 1 <br />~orc~~cstc~ Co ai ,Comp~y III'II'II'll"II'II ~ <br />`' ' Dorchester °1 Mine • P.O. box 449 999 <br />Florence, Colorado 81226 <br />c0r0+eoo ces <br />~ (303) 704-6395 <br />Home office: 2795 Skyline Ct. <br />Grand )unction, CO 81501 <br />. 1303) 245-6370 <br />s <br />DECEMBER 15, 1981 f <br />CAROL RUSSELL <br />COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />423 CENTENNIAL BUILDING I'~i:_(; ] ;~, ~~3) <br />1313 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 f.^li'~! !.) Li.i:J fi~(;I.%`,„^,iP.IIU°~ <br />';~!„ !)e!1;..^,I !;-'fora! Foss ~rrr<' <br />SUBJECT: DORCHESTER {{1 MINE, FILE {; C-014-81 <br />REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE WITH GEC FOR REFUSE <br />DISPOSAL AREA, <br />:L . ;. <br />'R:i <br />'.,. <br />~i~? <br />DEAR CAROL, <br />ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF A PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR <br />NEGOTIATION, REGARDING THE DISPOSAL OF COAL PROCESSING <br />WASTE PRODUCED AT THE DORCHESTER {l1 IJ~INE IN A STRIP <br />MINE PIT WHICH GEC MINERALS CONTROLS AND HAS DESIGNATED <br />AS THE "PROSPECTING PIT". <br />IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COLORADO t~INED LAND RE- <br />CLAMATION HAS SET DECEMBER 18, 1981, AS A COMPLIANCE DATE <br />FOR GEC TO COMPLETE RECLAMATION OF THE "PROSPECTING PIT". <br />DORCHESTER COAL COMPANY IS REQUESTING THAT THIS DATE BE <br />EXTENDED FOR TWO (2) MONTHS IN ORDER THAT IT MAY COMPILE <br />ENGINEERING STUDIES ON THE "PROSPECTING PIT" TO DETERMINE <br />IF REFUSE FROM T'HE DORCHESTER {f1 MINE CAN BE PLACED 1N THE <br />"PROSPECTING PIT", UNDER THE CURRENT COLORADO MINED LANG <br />RECLAMATION RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 1981. <br />IF THE ENGINEERING STUDIES SHON! THAT REFUSE DISPOSAL IN <br />THE "PROSPECTING PIT" IS FEASIBLE, THEN DORCHESTER COAL <br />COMPANY WILL PROVIDE COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />WITH ALL NECESSARY DATA REQUIRED FOR SUCH AfJ OPERATION. <br />SHOULD THE STUDIES SHOW THAT REFUSE DISPOSAL IS NOT FEASIBLE <br />THEN RECLAMATION OF THE "PROSPECTING PIT" WOULD AGAIN BE <br />A MATTER OF RECLAMATION SOI_EY BFfWEEN GEC AND COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION. <br />IF COLORADG MINED LAND RECLAMATION WILL GRANT THE <br />REQUESTED EXTENTION TO GEC ALLOWING DORCHESTER COAL <br />COMPANY THE TIME TO CONDUCT ITS ENGINEERING STUDIES, AND <br />IF THOSE STUDIES SHOW THAT THE REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE IS'FEA- <br />SIBLE, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, THEN ALL <br />PARTIES COULD BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT. <br />A Subsidiary o/ Dorchester Gas Corporation <br />