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} • Assistant Director Office of Surface Mining 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Denver, CO 80202 Director Division of Minerals and Geology Department of Natural Resources Centennial Building, Rm 215 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Dennis Short 1429 Vine St., #2 Denver, CO 80206 (303) 316-0602 October 8, 1996 RECEIVEp OCT Og i996 Divl$10^ of MmBrala G Gtoioy) Re: Citizens Complaint of Dennis Short Dear Directors, In accordance with Sections 517(h) and 521(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, I hereby request that you conduct an inspection without prior notice to the operator of the Sanborn Creek Mine, located in Gunnison County. The mine is operated by Oxbow Carbon and Minerals Inc. I am requesting this inspection because of the conditions described below which i believe result in a violation of the following requirement of the law: As one travels south along old route 133 in Gunnison County, one suddenly encounters a barrier that stretches half way across the road (but does not block the road). Attached to this barrier is a sign warning of blasting taking place in the area. However, there is no sign indicating whether the barrier represents an edge of the Sanborn Creek Mine permit area or if this is actually an entrance to the permit area. What is sure, however, is this is a public access point to the Sanborn Creek Mine. In accordance with Section 715.12 (b) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, signs identifying the mine area shall be displayed at all points of access to the permit area from public roads and highways. The sign indicating blasting is clearly located on a public right-of-way and does not restrict citizen access to the blasting area. As mentioned above, there is no indication that the sign represents the permit boundary and absolutely nothing prevented unwary citizens from wandering into a potentially deadly blasting 1