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N P1M NT F Vr G~ S~ v ~~RCN ~ ~0~ IN aFAY RFFEA R} United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Denver, Colorado 80202-5733 June 2l. 2000 Mr. W.D. Corley, 1r., President Ms. Anne Corley, Secretary and Treasurer The Corley Company P.O. Box 1821 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 RECEIVED 'JUN 2 7 2000 Division of Minerals 8 Geology Re: Citizens Complaint #CC-00-140-001, GEC Mine, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) Permit C-81-037 Dear Mr. Corley, The Office of Surface Mining (OSM) received your written complaint dated May 24, 2000 on May 24, 2000. Also on that date, Mr. Henry Austin and I attended the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Board ac your request. Your presentation to the Board regazded issues raised in the written compliant. Following your presentation to the Board, we met with you and your family to discuss your complaint and get some additional background information. The OSM Denver Field Division (DFD) also received a letter from Ms. Anne Corley, Secretary and Treasurer of The Corley Company, dated May 15, that was received by the OSM Albuquerque Field Office on May 22, and forwazded to this office. The May 15 and May 24 letters address the same issues and were both considered during review of this complaint. As a point of clarification, responsibility for oversight of the Colorado coal program was transferred to DFD in 1995. Any additional complaints or correspondence you have should be directed to this office. On June 5, DFD received a third letter from you dated May 30. This letter was offered as clarification of your complaint, but actually raises three new issues not previously addressed. On June 6, DFD received a fourth letter from you offering additional information about off-site impacts you identified in your May 30 letter. All four of your letters aze being handled as one citizen complaint. For tracking purposes, your complaint has been assigned the number CC-00- 140-001. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), and it's implementing regulations, established nationwide minimum standards, in part, for coal mining operations and standards by which a state could elect to administer this Federal law. OSM approved the Colorado program as meeting SMCRA's minimum standards in 1981 and DMG became the primary regulatory authority. OSM's role is to ensure that Colorado is administering and enforcing its program in accordance with SMCRA and the terms of the approved program.