GENERAL54543

• Permit No: M1980244
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/5/1994
• Doc Name: FAX COVER CRESSON PROJECT PN M-80-244 SUBMISSION OF ADDITIONAL EXPLANTION OF DATE ADDRESSING ACID
• From: CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Victor, Colorado 80860 Colorado 80111
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December 1, 1994
SENT BY FACSIMILE AND EXPRESS MAIL
Mr. Berhan Keffelew
Environmental Protection Specialist
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mines and Geology
Office of Mined Land Reclamation
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
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Reference: Cresson Project: Permit Number M-80-244: Submission of Additional
Explanation of Data Addressing Acid Neutralization Potential
("Volume X"Z.
Dear Mr. Keffelew:
Thank you for the opportunity for the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company
("CC&V") to comment on the November 1, 1994 memorandum to you authored by Dr.
Posey and Mr. York-Feirn, and which was transmitted to CC&V on November 15, 1994.
The memorandum has been reviewed by those who contributed to our submission of October
7, 1994 (which is Volume X of the Application for Amendment Number 6). It appears to us
that some of the comments may originate from the fact that the authors of this Office of
Mined Land Reclamation ("OMLR") Memorandum were not able to attend the meeting
between CC&V and the OMLR during which the October 7, 1994 submission was initially
discussed. Some assumptions made regarding (1) the importance of the chemical reaction
equations, (2) the status and content of humidity cell tests, and (3) the appropriate water-
quality standards by the authors are not correct and might have been avoided if they had been
able to attend the meeting. For example, at the meeting it was agreed that ambient water
quality is the general measure of acceptability of management practices.
This letter also confirms that we provided to you last week copies of papers addressing the
roles of soil covers on overburden piles and the resultant control of water infiltration.
CC&V addresses the commentary in the November 1, 1994 memorandum in the remainder
of this letter.