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<br />III IIIIIIIIillll III <br />999 <br />STATF OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Govei <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />FRED R. BANTA, Dlractor <br />June 26, 1989 <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />District Office <br />P.0. Box 1269 <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />RE: Notification of State Reclamation Work on BLM Land <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The State of Colorado, Mined Land Reclamation Division will be performing mine <br />reclamation worked on a parcel of previously disturbed BLM Land located <br />approximately 3 miles east of the town of Somerset, Colorado in Gunnison <br />County within the S 1j2, SW 1j4, NE 1/4 of Section 11, T13S, R90W. This <br />parcel of land is situated within a disturbed portion of the Hawk's Nest <br />underground coal mine site. The operator of the mine, Western Slope Carbon, <br />Inc., failed to comply with regulatory requirements for an extended period of <br />time. This failure to comply resulted in revocation of the mining permit and <br />forfeiture of the operator's reclamation performance bond. The bond monies <br />will be used by the Division to perform final reclamation work at the site <br />beginning in August of this year. <br />The Division is now in the process of notifying all affected area surface <br />owners of the impending reclamation work. Information contained in the <br />orginals Hawk's Nest Mine permit application indicated that a small portion <br />(approximately 2.6 acres) of the east mine area situated on the north side of <br />old Highway 133 is on BLM surface. The reclamation work will consist of: <br />1) regrading level benches, pads, and diversion ditches to <br />approximate original contour; <br />2) removing electrical equipment, powerlines, buildings, powder <br />magazines, fan housing, crusher and conveyor; <br />3) sealing 2 mine openings; and <br />4) revegetation. <br />215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 802032273 Tel. (303) 866.3567 <br />