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~~ ~ <br />GENST/•~R <br />Building Materials <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii- <br />99y Materiels Company <br />Y.U. tl0%429 <br />1173 State Hwy #720 <br />Florence, CO 81226 <br />303-784-8375 <br />December 6, 1983 <br />Mr. David C. Shelton, Director <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />Dept. of Natural Resources <br />State of Colorado <br />423 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Shelton, <br /> <br />DEC ~ 19~,; <br />lAINED LANG KECLAh1ATI01V DIVISION <br />Celo. Depi. of Nawrai Kesources <br />I have recently been informed of a most disturbing turn of events <br />that will affect many environmentally oriented individuals and <br />organizations in the State of Colorado, especially those involved <br />with Mined Land Reclamation. <br />Colorado Mountain College upper management has recently decided to <br />propose cancellation of their Environmental Protection Technology <br />program. This two year vocational program, offered at their Lead- <br />ville, Co., Timberline Campus, has been in operation for nine years. <br />I can personally attest for the success of the program and the high <br />quality of instruction and personnel they are graduating. I have <br />hosted five summer practicum students over the past years who have <br />allowed us great gains in reclamation technique and execution at <br />Genstar's Coaldale Cypsum Mine Operation in Western Fremont County. <br />The EPT program and the people involved in the program have been <br />instrumental in developing what I feel is a premier reclamation and <br />environmental control program for a small mine operation in the State <br />of Colorado. <br />A 1980-1982 program review for EPT showed exceptional placement (86%) <br />of graduating students, which I ti~ink is phenomenal considering Lead- <br />ville's economic plight and translates into real need for this type of <br />program. CMC upper management is justifying their decision on drop <br />in enrollment in the program, which is currently down 50%, due mostly <br />to economic recessionary reasons, location, and lack of a recruitment <br />program which is just now getting started by local College officials. <br />I am writing to you to request that you write a letter to the president <br />and vice president of Colorado Mtn. College, voicing support for the <br />continuation of this excellent program and to send copies to the <br />CMC governing members. Your key position in the Mined Land Reclama- <br />tion Division may carry some extra weight and hopefully will help to <br />MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FLINTKOTE ROOFING AND GYPSUM PRODUCTS <br />