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1~~ I~II~II~IIIII I~I Zrr~ <br />2 ~~~ <br />~~~ ~"~ <br />~ s - u,e, hay. <br />Division of Minerals and Geology I~ <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation ~ ~ ~ ~~ <br />~ Sfa~cS~-II-~, Sf~ f,~l~ <br />Hawk's Nest Mine Reclamation ,~ {M,dl!('C~ i U Q.Y~Q S <br />C-81-016 <br />Hawk's Nest History <br />~Clgq ~ The Hawk's Nest mine site has been ordered <br />le,d Colorado Department of Natural Resources, <br />~~WW11 Board (the Board). The operator of the mine <br />failed to comely with regu story require. <br />eriod of time, resulting in revocation of <br />.~U • .~1~ -~e,GQa{v~d,. <br />(~ ~~ ~~ <br />~~~s ~ do . <br />to be reclaimed by the <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Western Slope Carbon, <br />rents for an extended <br />the mining permit and <br />rox•ieiLUre ne reclamation perrormance Dona being eels by Lee <br />ivision of Minerals an eo o e ivision a oard <br />directed the Office Mined Land Reclamation; Coal Regulatory Section <br />of the Division to secure reclamation of the site using funds <br />obtained from the forfeited performance bond. <br />The Hawk's Nest mining operation is comprised of 4 separate <br />disturbed areas: 1) East mine area; 2) West mine area; 3) Silo <br />arm and 4) Refuse dis osal area. Reclamation work to ~e <br />accomplished un er this contract is limited primarily to the Coal <br />Silo area and the Refuse Disposal Area. Project work will involve <br />demolishing and removing the two (2) Coal Silos and the adjacent <br />conveyor system and truck dump scale, removing the coal waste at <br />the coal silo area and disposing of it at the refuse disposal site, <br />subsoil and topsoil replacement on the coal silo area, removal and <br />disposal of 4 55-gallon drums containing potentially hazardous <br />material, repairing/maintaining drainage control structures at the <br />coal silo area, east area and west mine area, and seeding the <br />associated areas. <br />Refuse Pile History <br />~~~~January 1, 1977- Lease of land for sanitary landfill between <br />Albert A. Cockroft and Warren R. Cockroft (lessors) and the Board <br />~~ of County Commissioners of the County of Delta (lessee). <br />August 1, 1978- Western Slope Carbon received a CO and NOV for <br />dumping coal refuse at the Crystal Meadows dump site. The Board <br />ordered Western Slope Carbon to submit a plan for refuse disposal <br />by the next Board Meeting on august 23-24, 1978. <br />August 22, 1978- Western Slope Carbon submits a plan for Hawk's <br />es waste disposal. The company proposed a slurry pipeline as a <br />long term solution, and the Delta County Land_f_ill_ a_s_a_ temporary <br />disposal site. --- - _ - <br />~., <br /> <br />