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fiUG- 6-96 TUE 12:43 P. 02 <br />~\ y <br />.~^ <br />permittae must correct any material damage <br />resulting from subsidence Caused to surface <br />lands, to the extent technologically and <br />economically feasible, by restoring the land <br />to a condition capable of maintaining the <br />value and reasonably foreseeable uses that it <br />was Capable Of supporting before subsidence <br />damage. <br />Am I wrong in reading these sections and understanding that they <br />(West Elk Mine\Mountain Coal\ ARCO) are responsible. Am 3 also <br />wrong? In that there is no help from anyone to force them to <br />conform. Is it true the only way to get these things repaired is <br />in the courts? IS there no federal statute which requires these <br />peopie to be directly responsible today? This appears to be a <br />deliberate effort to destroy our livelihood, by allowing them to <br />extract ore at any cost to the surface owner with out <br />compensation. <br />Is it true the only way we can recover damage is to finance a <br />lawsuit against West Elk Mine\ Mountain Cosl Mine \ Arco, at a <br />cost of $250,000 with the possibility of never recovering any <br />money? Is this what we are looking at, or is there some other <br />solution? <br />You need to communicate with up most hast. I have 59 hunting <br />guest, and 20 cattle round-up quests prepared to arrive at this <br />ranch in the next few months with thousands of dollars at stake. <br />Along with the well being of these guest. Is the federal <br />government (as the owner of the resource) responsible for the <br />surface and the safety of our quests, or is that responsibility <br />to just the surface owner? And maybe the permittee, if we define <br />blame in the courts. Who is the federal police force of their <br />action? <br />I understand that as Mike <br />which under your care. <br />the p sl llity to destroy <br />to u . <br />mentioned you have a lot of things <br />But we are.in a situation which has <br />every opportunity which is available <br />Y <br />Mautz <br />