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<br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III ~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: 1303)866-3567 <br />FA%: 13031832~8I06 <br />January 4, 1993 <br />Dr. W.D. Corley <br />The Corley Company <br />P.O. Box 1821 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901 <br />RE: Citizen's Petition for Declaratory Order, September 8, 1992, <br />G.E.C. Minerals, C-81-037 <br />Dear Dr. Carley: <br />OF' ~~(O <br />tib <br />Ne' <br />V~ ~r< <br />~ r8]6 ~ <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />The Division received your request to retain the access road for Drill Hole NC-7 on <br />December 16, 1992. The Division's regulations allow for the retention of access roads if <br />they meet all applicable performance standards and the landowner requests it (Rule <br />4.03.2(1)(fl). The road itself is well vegetated and the southern end of the road cut has <br />well established vegetation and mature trees. The northern portion of the road cut should <br />be reseeded to promote additional vegetation. There is no significant erosion on the road <br />cut or the road. and runoff does not appear to be resulting in an increased situation <br />pollution problem. The road expands the stream valley bottom in this area incrementally <br />but does not result in a significant change in the original topography of the area. Lastly, <br />the landowner has requested that the road be retained to support the post mining land use. <br />Consequently, the Division will drop their request to Sheridan Enterprises to reclaim the <br />drill hole access road on the condition that the northern portion of the road cut be <br />broadcast seeded at a rate of 80 PLS/acre of a suitable reclamation seed mix. <br />I hope this accommodates your request. <br />Sincerely, <br />Catherine W. Begej <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />CWB/yjb <br />cc: Erica Crosby, DMG <br />Dan Hernandez, DMG <br />Randy Turk, Island Creek Coal Co. <br />m:\oss\yjb\corley <br />