GENERAL46924

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/6/1995
• Doc Name: UPPER HUBBARD CREEK SITE RECLAMATION
• From: SOMERSET MINING CO
• To: PAONIA RANGER DISTRICT
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

S0~(ERSET
M/ N/ N G C O M P A N Y
June 6, 1995
iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
99
RFCEIVEf~
JUN 0 9 ~g95
Mike Ward
Paonia Ranger District Divisionotmineiaistslaeology
P.O. Box 1030
Paonia, Colorado 81428
RE: Upper Hubbard Creek Site Reclamation
Dear Mr. Ward:
Thank you for taking time last Thursday, June 1, 1995, to visit
the Upper Hubbard Creek Site with me. As we discussed Somerset
Mining Company is planning the possible use of the site for it's
original intended purpose, as a ventilation facility for coal
reserves in the Hubbard Creek area. Those reserves would
probably not be developed until mining has been completed in the
Sanborn East Tract, and is likely to be at least ten years from
now.
However, since the pad, sedimentation pond, and power line have
already been constructed at the site, SMC considers total
reclamation of the site at this time to be a waste of resources.
The site has been stabilized and vegetated since construction
approximately ten years ago.
Last year, SMC removed the fence from the site to allow public
use of the pad as a trail-head parking facility for the Forest
Service property on the north portion of the pad, as required in
the reclamation plan. SMC plans to leave the south portion of
the pad as part of the trail-head parking facility, until such
time as a ventilation facility would be required.
SMC is currently working with the Bureau of Land Management to
convey an easement across SMC property for the power line access
road. When the easement has been finalized, SMC will submit a
revision to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for the
reclamation plans for Upper and Lower Hubbard Creek Sites, and
the power line and power line access road.
In response to your concerns regarding Delta County Road access
and the road around the pad site, I called Ralph Clark to verify
what Delta County considers their right of way. Ralph said they
maintain the graveled portion of the road to the pad, and agrees
with your suggestion to block the dirt road around the toe of the
pad. When we are able to schedule equipment and labor to the
site, we will block the dirt road with large boulders and reseed
the dirt roadway.
P.O. Box 535 7901 Soulhpark, Suile 202
Somerset, CO 81434 _ Littleton, Co 80120
[phone] Fax [phone] [phone] Fax [phone]