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S[NT BY = <br />4~-95 1 OIPM 0 S• 303 832 8106:a 8/ <br />i ' ~ ALBUQUERQUE JOURPIAT. Saturday; February I8, 1995 All <br />C7P - ED PAGE <br />Mining Office Fails Individuals <br />Sy Ann Yatum <br />ctx.oa~no uum wmcn _ <br />The AlbuquerQUe Jotrrnal'S soles o0 <br />opal miaiag was of apecia[ Intrrut to <br />i71C, as my htasbaad sad I are Presently <br />1aVOived !n litigation with a coal mine <br />fn Colorado. <br />t. Wo wen apecta22y iaiererted la <br />0trtxtor Robert J. Uram'e response m <br />tLe seriee. i must take exception to <br />Elver+l tt+iags that Uram atsted_ <br />At I tmdusrand it; the ptttpoae of [Le <br />Offiw of Surtaea 2SLniag sad Recla- <br />htadeE sad FLfetC~etit of the IIatICd <br />iSretes Depatnnaar of Interior is co <br />ovetaee the `sntet" Iltstary has <br />shows ua that steles' e[foru w prevent <br />pollution sad tnvirOnmental damage <br />have not bent effecpvo, tberefote we <br />need [edaral inluveation to protect <br />LAc indlvldual'a tights., <br />~„ We sought the help of the federal <br />eovertuneot by filing a mtirta's com~, <br />plaint with the Ofriec of Surface tdia• <br />{ag fn Deceetbor L993. Federal rotes <br />and ctatutr~ reQU}red the state oP Col- <br />pndo, as well as uty Director ld <br />Kay, to comply within cettain time <br />coosa-aiaf5. Failure to provide accu- <br />rate information as the part of the <br />mate of Cnmrado resulted in our filinC <br />ao appeal ttd1L Uram'a office. <br />Federal regttlatioaa were lgndred by <br />Deputy DirxZar Ray uatll such time <br />ae Kay's.offiee and Urata were iaua- <br />datedwith daily lector frgm our afticc <br />daaandivg tLat they rotaply with the <br />Ism, wL(c6 fn tbla matznca meant issu- <br />ing a lavhil dcwr.n/nirim~ accorditte <br />to the Cotta Latawted M them <br />IIrem'e offion failed m iraus a deci- <br />sion m ocu appeal, and instead <br />requested the state of Cdlnrado to <br />resaas~ch our ccmplsian saaiti, with <br />the federal govertuaciti talong aback <br />cent TLLS was not a vlaory for us. We <br />had spent over one year dealing with <br />the OSM AIDuquarque of free. They Lad <br />al! the 6Jes- reports and itdorma[loa <br />~OIIeettlitt$ the issues that Wert the <br />basis of our complaint We are raw <br />dealing with the Deaver OSSd o[[ke -- <br />tasyayar do2lara ac work ar a dellbec- <br />ato tnaaeuva m elimiaatc the Alba <br />Werquaafl5ce? - <br />We don't need anymore "attared <br />cotnmitmeaC With [Le stare wLea the <br />state [ails to motiltdr the violatnra of <br />the coal mlttina iadua¢p, Elg b~sittess <br />provid.sWestatewith alOreta7[ <br />dollars than a cltitea sad thus the indi- <br />vidual eititea is biuied bq big time IoW <br />bytrra and specitl trra~eat for big <br />business <br />U Ut~rn'e empbaais is on wmpli- <br />ance. u he obvkusip mennt ua m <br />believe, tiler 0.5Dd mustaIIow its iavear <br />dgatora m tits the mal mining via]ar <br />tors mLm the.stiues trlvu to do so. <br />I invite Uram's 'emp}oyee teams" to <br />wntacc me I, too, meat compliance, <br />[lrm and lair mlotccmmC resoltmea <br />of lnceracdom between the Albtt- <br />querque and Denver o(riees and better <br />service. The rnmplete tone and tetatae <br />of Utam's acncle is either misleadictQ, <br />or Urem is misittformed m to what the <br />fltld offir.e are actuaIly being forced <br />[o do by Wn¢htnPTan. ., <br />a.ddans e! wazo". cNo.. u+q-Y~rlstan. ras.s <br />~+ era Jlm Tatum om IanG Mora OadO'. <br />.C:ob., i~+ norm of ew a°,. ~xr~de. ewe <br />MW [°"lrll MBYrta htaraLlN `M/ alallm <br />l ~`ra <br />