GENERAL40802

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/19/2004
• Doc Name: Information Pertaining to Citizens Request for Inspection
• From: DMG
• To: Brad & Ray Barker
• Permit Index Doc Type: Inspection
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
7 37 3 Sherman St., Room 215 C Q L Q 1t~ I~ Q
Denver, Colorado 80203 D rv t S t o N O F
Phone: [phone]s67 MIN &RA L S

FAX: [phone] G E O L O G Y
0.ECUMATIO N•MINING
SAFETT•SC IENCE
February 19, 2004
Bill Owens
Mr. Brad Barker covem°`
Mr. Ra Barker
y Russell George
Executive Director
763 NE North Lake Way
Ronald W. Cattany
Seattle, WA 98105 Division Direc[°r
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Eagle Mine Complex, C-1981-044, Citizen's Request for Inspection
Dear Mr. Barker:
The Division received your February 1, 2004 e-mail communication on February 2, 2004, regarding
possible violation of the permit conditions at the Eagle Mine complex. The nature of your concern
based upon the February 1, 2004 e-mail and your subsequent a-mail dated February 3, 2003 indicated
that you believed that the operator, RAG-EC, was not performing reclamation of the No. 5 portal area in
accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The reclamation plan is described in the Division of
Mineral and Geology C-1981-044, Eagle Mine Complex Mining and Reclamation permit.
Descriptions of the approved mine plan can be found beginning on permit page 2.05-24, Map 29
Reclamation Plan, and Cross-Section Drawings DWG IV-22, 23, 24, and 25, dated August 21, 1986.
The location of the upland diversion ditch is found in Exhibit 18, Map IV-9 received 10/07/1996. The
as-built design of the upland diversion ditch is found on DWG IV-48, dated August 21, 1986.
Your February 1, 2004 e-mail expresses a concern that the area in front of the No. 5 portal entry was at
one time used as cropland and the land adjacent to it rises only sightly according to the elevation lines.
You referenced Exhibit A, which corresponds to the Permit Map 29 (Reclamation Plan). Post-mining
contours have been drawn in on this map for the No. SA portal area, the coal waste pile, and the No. 9
portal area. The contours shown on Map 29 at the No. 5 portal area reflect the contours existing in 1984
when the aerial photo that the map was drawn from was taken. This reference to the aerial photo date
was provided by Mr. Joe Shoemaker of RAG-EC, who certified this map as a licensed professional
surveyor. Map 29 references permit Exhibit 21 for the approved reclamation cross-sections for the No.
5 Portal area. The cross-sections are actually found in Exhibit 20. Please note: Map 29 shows the
elevation of the cropland area at the No. 5 portal area between 6160 ft. and 6150 ft., which reflects the
coal stockpile pad elevation. Cross-Section Drawings DWG IV-22, DWG IV-23, and DWG IV-24
show in additional detail the valley floor regraded to 6144 to 6142 ft. elevation. The Division considers
these cross-section drawings to reflect the required post-mining contours. The Division plotted the
cross-section corresponding with station 8+00 on Map 29, along with the approved cross-section 8+00
on Drawing DWG IV-23 (Eagle No. SCross-sections stations 4+00 to 8+00) and the results of the slope
measurements collected during the inspection on February 9, 2004 on a graph. This graph is included
with this letter and the Division's February 9, 2004 inspection report.
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inattive Mines Geological Survey