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r r SILO AREA cont'd - silo facility, however they do not at the present time want to permit the facility and increase their bond, nor do they want to have the facility demolished by the Division. In short, they want to keep their options open for as long as possible and at least coat to the company. The Division has delayed reclaiming this particular site because of the high probability that demolition of the silos will completely exhaust all remaining bond monies, thereby preventing reclamation of the remaining Hawk's Nest disturbances (Refuse Disposal Area, de-gas wells, importing topsoil or amendments to the East Mine Area, & disposal of hazardous wastes). The best situation for the Division would be to get ARCO to permit & bond for the silos, thereby leaving more of the remaining bond monies available to ensure adequate reclamation of re- maining disturbed areas. ARCO, however has proposed to place some of the Hawk's Nest bond monies in escrow as a means to satisfy their performance bond requirements if they decided to permit the facility. It is unknown how this situation will be resolved, and all that has been suggested to ARCO so far is that perhaps the Division can do some ancillary reclamation around the silos that will satisfy some of the requirements of the Hawk's Nest permit but at the same time make re- permitting and bonding of the facility less costly to ARCO. These activities would consist of such tasks as cleaning up the coal stockpile area, removing the remains of the truck scale, and re-establishing proper drainage control within and around the site. Our present contact at ARCO regarding this matter is: John R. Hardin, Land Manager ARCO Coal Company 555 17th St. Denver, CO 80202 ph. (303)- 293-7527 The Cabin - A log cabin situated just North of the silo area truck dump, formerly owned by Western Slope Carbon and included as part of the permitted operation, has been acquired somewhat tenously by a resident of Somerset, Mr. Joe Gallob. As I understand the situation, Mr. Gallob purchased the delinquent tax notice on the property from the Gunnison County Assessor's Office but was then unable to locate the deed or title to the property. As such, Mr. Gallob must wait 3 years or so before he can apply for a new title or deed in order to "quiet the title" and ensure that no other individual has a claim to the property. I have advised Mr. Gallob verbally that the Division has no immediate plans to demolish the cabin, and would not do so if an individual acquired or was in the process of acquiring the property. DE-GAS WELLFIELD - Although not much specific information is available, Western Slope Carbon drilled a number of methane de-gas wells over the lease area during the early to mid- 1980's. Several of these wells are still open and as such need to be properly sealed, wellhead superstructures removed, and portions of the drill pads and access road cuts regraded. However, the Division should coordinate this work with the operators of the adjacent Somerset Mine as they are or will be extracting coal from the same general area and may want to permit one or more of the existing wells for monitoring purposes or other mining related activities. I have prepared a small sketch map of the area showing well locations and providing field measurements of borehole diameter, configuration and condition. No information regarding well depths or casing details has been found in any of the permit files.