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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />7.11?;cD L„?dD ~i=CLA~AATiON ^uIVlSiON <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />t3t3 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denver. CO 80203 <br />303 8663567 <br />Fax. 303 832 8106 <br />,.~. <br />~. ~~9 <br />he/ 'fn~-~':,O <br />.(y - <br />~~. <br />~ / 6 ~ <br />Roy Romer, <br />Governor <br />Michae~ B. Long, <br />Division Diregor <br />August 5, 1992 <br />Mr. Robert Hagen, Director <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />Albuquerque Field Office <br />625 Silver Avenue SW, Suite 310 <br />Albuquerque, NM 87102 <br />Re: Mine Site Evaluation Inspection Report of JU:It; 25, 1992 <br />Wyoming Fuel Company, Golden Eagle Mine, Permit No. C-81-013 <br />Dear Mr. Hagen; <br />On July 9, 1992, our office received a copy of the Mine Site Evaluation Inspection <br />Report developed for the June 25, 1992 Random Sample Inspection at the Wyoming <br />Fuel Golden Eagle Mine. The inspection was conducted jointly by Dennis Byrnes of <br />your office and Joe Dudash and me from our office. <br />In reviewing the report, we discovered what we believe may be an apparent misunder- <br />standing between our respective agencies. On Page 5 of the report (enclosed-, it is <br />stated that "the MLRD inspectors were not initially prepared to take a sample of pond <br />discharge, but did so after phone consultation with MLRD in Denver confirming the <br />understanding with AFO that samples would be taken during complete inspections." <br />We are not aware of any understanding with AFO regarding the obtaining of water <br />quality samples during complete inspections. As outlined in our Sixty-Day Letter <br />Response dated May 21, 1992, we have instructed our specialists to obtain water <br />samples at least quarterly, whenever point source discharges appear to be exceeding <br />effluent limitations, and for purposes of verifying self-reported information. As such, <br />it is feasible that instances could occur during complete inspections when water <br />samples would not be taken. These instances would include whenever discharges <br />appear to be within effluent limitations, when no discharge occurs, or when samples <br />had been taken during a partial inspection earlier that same quarter. <br />