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<br />Richard D. Lamm <br />Governor <br />• • iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiu <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />David H. Getches, Executive Director <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />DAVID C. SHELTON, Dlreetor <br />DATE: January 27, 1986 <br />T0: Fred Banta C,^ <br />FROM: Tom Gilli ~p <br /> <br />RE: POWDERHORN COAL COMPANY'S CMA RECLAMATION AWARD NOMINATION <br />Per your request, I have prepared a more concise nomination for Powderhorn <br />Coal Company. <br />Powderhorn Coal Company has operated the Roadside and Cameo underground <br />coal mining operation in full compliance with the Colorado Permanent <br />Regulatory Program and continues to be cooperative and professional in all <br />dealings with the Division. In addition, the operator has undertaken and <br />completed two voluntary reclamation projects during 1985, consisting of an <br />extensive site clean-up and revegetation of an old mine materials and <br />equipment storage area visible from Interstate 70, and the safeguarding <br />and reclamation of the abandoned Blue Flame Mine, located near the town of <br />Palisade, Colorado. Reclamation work at the old material storage area <br />included removal and proper disposal of suspected PCB containing <br />transformers. <br />/ph <br />6876E <br />423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (303) 866-3567 <br />