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r .. ~ ~ ~ • • III III III III IIII III 999 United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement POST OFFICE BLDG. RM. 270 1823 STOUT STREET DENVER, COLORADO 80202 OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR June 18, 1979 Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. 9745 East Hampden Avenue, x/330 Uenver, CO 80231 Dear Sirs: This letter concerns your coal producing test site operation near Grand Junction, Colorado. Each of your test sites approved in November 1976 would involve production of five coal entries on 80-foot centers extending about 5,000 feet from the surface. Test sites 1l2 and i/3 have not been started and test site ;74 has been idle since November 1978. Test site 1/1 has been mined to 1,380 feet and is still in operation. Approximately 160,000 tons of coal have been mined from [he two sites to date. It is our determination that this operation exceeds exploration needs and that your operation constitutes surface coal mining operations as defined in Section 701(28) of SFICRA. On I•fay 7, 1979, Thomas E. Elunett, an authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior, inspected your operations to determine com- pliance with 30 CFR 211 and 30 CFk 717. He served a formal Notice of Violation on your employee, Mr. Pete Adler. Notice of Violation Number 79-V-1-12, Violation 1 of 6, requires you to apply for and receive a state m;n;ne and reclamation permit within 90 days of service of the notice. ~ _ .! Federal regulations 30 CFR 211.10(a)(1)(ii) require that you submit a mining plan and obtain the Department's approval of the plan before con- ducting any surface coal mining operation on leased land. You are hereby ordered, under 30 CFR 211.4(a) and 3U CFR 741.11(a)(1) to submit seven copies of a mining plan and permit application to my office before S:OU p.m. on July 6, 1979. You may continue your existing operations a[ test site 1{1 provided you submit [he plan and application within [his time limit. The plan and application must be identical with any permit application submitted to the State of Colorado. It must con- tain information and showings required by 30 CFR 211 and 3U CFR Chapter