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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY pF COQ Deparlmenl of Natural Resources a~' ' b o 131'1 Sherman $t ,Room 21 5 ~ Denver, CO 80201 ~.~ ~. Phone: 1)031 866-}567 re]6' FA%:1103183?-R 106 kuy Rumr~ Co~wnw hlichsel B Lnng February 15, 1994 onnefnn onnonr Mr. Darrell E. Nance P.O. Box 440 Pilot Hill, CA 95664 Re: Waiver of Liability for Mine Haul Road Reclamation of the Trinidad Basin Mine, Las Animas County, Colorado Revoked Permit No. C-81-048 Dear Mr. Nance: Thank you for your prompt response by phone on February 7, 1994, to our letter dated January 28, 1994, in which the Division described the reclamation activities that the Division proposes to conduct on your land. The Division desires to incorporate the comments of the landowners whenever State law and the regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board allow for such modifications to the approved reclamation plan. The purpose of this letter is to provide you a waiver of liability for your signahlre that will allow the Division to leave the haul road that provides access to your property in its present alignment, as per your request. This waiver is necessary only because Division records do not contain engineering certifications for the road that demonstrate that the internal stability of the embankment for Ponds 22-PS and 22-P6 satisfies our regulations. Records from field inspections conducted by the Division do not indicate any physical evidence of geotechnical instability; however, our records do not certify that the internal stability of the embankments satisfies regulatory criteria. Ponds 22-PS and 22-P6 were identified in our letter dated January 28, 1994, as reclamation items numbers 5 and 6. I have enclosed a copy of a map of the Trinidad Basin Mine showing the position of the haul road with the locations of Ponds 22-PS and 22-P6 indicated by red triangles. Your signature on the enclosed waiver of liability and its return to the Division by Mlarch 15, 1994 will allow the Division to leave the haul road and the associated pond embankments in their present alignment. If you elect not to sign the waiver, the Division will remove the pond embankments for Ponds 22-PS and 2'2-P6, necessitating realignment of the haul road to provide continued access to your property. Should you agree with the terms of the waiver, please sign and date it, and return it to the Division by March 15, 1994.