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,w' -- <br />8703 Bon)wmtne <br />Houston, Texas 77074 <br />f713) 9957045 <br />Telempia <br />(713)9957191 <br />Law Offices of :... . . <br />Jim Tatuxn & Associates <br />P.O.Box86 <br />12630 Hwy. ]2 <br />Weston, Colorado 81091 <br />(719)868-3310 <br />Tel copier <br />(719)868-2612 <br />June 24, 1994 <br />~Fr..FiuFa <br />JUN 27 ]994 <br />Mr . .Steven,: G.. Renner. ,.. <br />Coal Program Supervisor" <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 _ <br />RE: _ TDN_ #93-020-370-005 <br />:;.Basin,=Resources, .Inc. __:_ <br />' Mr. Renner: <br />UNS'CC C. C^.ulerES ~ i,3p;,;,iy <br />__.I_.aman..receipt of the .letter .to you.from_Mr. Ed~Kay; U.S. Department <br />_.. <br />of t e Interior, Office of Surface Mining.`":".... <br />1. The close. physical proximity.-of,my;Ovate.rr;:,we],;l;rand.the.,large air <br />shaft is a.matter::of.:ecord.;:It'as'also.a~,ma`t`ter'~i'fl'"record"that <br />the sworn"testimony'of the .Basin~'Resources''- Wyoming."Fuel" <br />engineer who" was;ldeposed-~nonths .ago,:was"Yfiat~.hthe".air"-shaft hit <br />~;..- "" water. while _be.Yng`d••ri~Tled;"`that'~the~cas~ng`job wfiich was to <br />•;protect;'the "intermediate-~t7ata`"was'3mproperly done;"arid, "a'`leak ._._ <br />A,''~ Producing 20 gallons'per_'minute:.is'sfi'1I_,:present' of the air <br />;shaft. site . "'This certain'ly' expTaiiis'';why'Ta"?sma71' weal=bore <br />:. located a short distance~from'the"wel"1=bore'is now~dry. <br />_ 2. I take issue with your "representations"~to:-Interior ;that.you have.: <br />-••- initiated informal=discussions"wit7i'"ftie"ttiine'operators"and the <br />landowners regard'ing"a -replacement=.water supply: ` I' would' note <br />that no person withyouut'd'epaitment~"has„ever""talked with me <br />regarding `this"issue "~~""~: " " ~ ~~_ - _, . <br />_ - ;,"Your agency, to date, seems to. be more interested in defending the <br />mine."operator rather than enforcing the 5tatutes~on the books. We have <br />experienced months of stalling and procrastination about the fact that <br />this air shaft is responsible'-tor"kill"ing~trees and vegetation,"this fact <br />is instantly demonstrated to' "anyone'who"looks`~at_.; the""s'ite":'"' '"" <br />