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<br />August 12, 1995 <br />Page 2 <br />Our water well and the exhaust shaft are located on <br />approximately 75 acres owned by us. This pasture HAD BEEN <br />used to hold cattle and horses. If we had water at that <br />location we could again use this location to hold our cattle <br />and horses, take care of sick animals, mothers giving birth <br />and construct our quest quarters as we had planned when we <br />purchased the property in 1988. Until such time as water is <br />returned to this pasture we are unable maintain our <br />livestock at that location or commence construction. <br />SEVENTY-FIVE (75) acres of land WITHOUT WATER is USELESS to <br />any rancher. We have been deprived .of the use of this <br />acreage since the exhaust fan was drilled by Basin in <br />approximately 1991. <br />Under the new Federal regulations the operator is <br />required to make us whole, thus he is required to repair the <br />existing well or drill a new one. <br />I do not believe that any Court or review board could <br />agree that the landoarners should absorb the cost of <br />repairing and replacing water that has been affected and <br />destroyed, as your findings concur, by the coal mine. <br />I await the findings of your review. Please note that <br />you have a time limit set by Federal statute in which you <br />must respond to this letter. <br />Very truly yours, <br />JIM TATUM AND ASSOCIATES <br />Ann Tatum <br />AT/ah <br />cc: DMG <br />AFO - Tatum file <br />CCC <br />Senator Gramm <br />