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<br />Dorchester Coal Company <br />United BanA of ,\rapahoe Bldg. <br />Snin• 100 <br />9350 East ,\rapahoe Road <br />Englewood, Colorado 80112 <br />1Vriter's Direct Dial Number <br />(303) 790-8444 <br />July 6, 1983 <br />Mr. Jim Herron <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street - #423 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ; <br />Re: Temporary Cessation of Operations - Fruita Property <br />Dear Jim: <br /> <br />~I_ ~,, 1983 <br />rairirD LANs r{Fcr.E,r.~r,TION <br />Colo. Dept. of r:ahiral Flesource~ <br />This letter is written pursuant to CMLR Rule 4.30.1 to formally notify <br />you of the continuing status of temporary cessation of operations <br />currently in effect at Dorchester's Fruita property. The present disturbance <br />at the Fruita site is situated entirely on Fee land (surface and coal) and <br />consists of two mine benches, roads, sediment ponds, topsoil stockpiles <br />and other associated minor disturbances described under the existing permit <br />and revisions thereto. The total included in the area of disturbances <br />encompasses 47 acres, with approximately 10-15 acres actually disturbed. <br />Subsurface development includes three entries driven a{Iproximately 1,000 <br />feet into the Cameo Seam and five entries driven approximately 600 feet <br />into the lower Anchor Seain. All of the currently disturbed land and <br />underground development work will be utilized for future commercial <br />development of the property and, therefore, will not bE~ subject to reclamation <br />activities during the temporary cessation period. On-going environmental <br />baseline data gathering activities will be conducted on the Fee land as well <br />as the surrounding BLM land in preparation for the larye scale commercial <br />operation permit. ' <br />In addition to the environmental baseline program, routine security, maintenance <br />and monitoring activities will be continued at the Fru':ta property. As you <br />know, Dorchester is in the process of completing temporary air seals on the <br />three Cameo entries to control spontaneous combustion. No additional work <br />iS contemplated at this time. <br />The current cessation of operations has been the resuli of the depressed <br />economy and resultant lack of markets for coal. Given these circumstances <br />it is difficult to anticipate a date for the resumption of operations. <br />However, we will continue the permitting process for large scale operations <br />:\ Cuhcidun of Drnrho.h•i (~a. f', •i l`ornlinn <br />