GENERAL38658

• Permit No: C1981016
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/14/1993
• Doc Name: HAWKS NEST MINE C-81-016 SILO DEMOLITION
• From: DMG
• To: STEVE RENNER LARRY ROUTTEN
• Permit Index Doc Type: RECLAMATION PROJECTS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLU1~llU
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depa«meni o(Naw ral Resources
1313 Sherman 51., Room 215
Denver, CO 80201
Phone: [phone]
FAX. [phone]
DATE: May 14, 1993
TO: Steve Renner
Larry Routten
FROM: Erica S. Crosby
RE: Hawk's Nest Mine C-81-016
Silo Demolition
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Roy Romer
Governor
Michael B. Lung
Division Director
Per our meeting in April, I have looked into issues regarding the
Hawk's Nest Silos.
I spoke with Jim Shrack of ARCO Coal Company regarding the
potential permitting of the Silos. According to Mr. Shrack, ARCO
is no longer interested in using the Silos for the West Elk mine.
Jim stated that the Division should develop a plan for reclamation,
and to keep them posted on any new developments. They may change
their mind later on in the year. ARCO was not interested in
donating any money for reclamation of the Silos.
The land is actually owned by the Rio Grande Railroad. ARCO bought
the silos from the Rio Grande with the intention of permitting the
silos as an emergency coal storage facility in the early 1990's.
ARCO uses the rail lines that run through the silos and to the side
of the silos for loading at the West Elk Mine. It is roughly a
mile's worth of rail line used by West Elk in the Hawk's nest
vicinity.
I spoke with Jim Holt with the Rio Grande to determine the actual
use of the rail lines. According the Grand Junction train master
the rail lines are used quite a bit by ARCO. In the month of May
they have scheduled 23 trains for loading at the West Elk Mine
(each train has 78-105 cars). It takes them roughly 3 hours to
load the coal into the train cars. While the trains load up, they
pass through the Hawk's Nest Silos and on to the shoe fly run
around track. Jim mentioned that any contractor that the State
hires to do the reclamation work would need to take out a separate
insurance policy with the Rio Grande. .
During demolition we essentially need to keep the tracks open for
the West Elk Mine. There is a maximum of three days to do any sort
of blasting and removal of the concrete. Moving the rail would be
an option, if there would be a place to move it too. It would also
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