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<br />STEVEN J. DURHAM <br />State Senator <br />2401 Virgo Drive <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado <br />80906 <br />Home: 475-2197 <br />Capitol: 866-4866 <br />~~ <br />I`~ <br />Senate Char7lber COMMITTEES: <br />State of Colorado Vice Chairman of: <br />Denver Appropriations <br />Member af: <br />RECEIVED loins Budget Committee <br />b9AR 3 1 1931 <br />March 18, 1981 <br />~141NE0 EA14D RECLAMATION: COAL <br />COLO, DEPT, OF NAT.UpAL RESOURCES <br />~i;`..• , <br />Mr. Monte Pasco, Executive Director <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 718 M~r•~ <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Monte: ~OI+D, pEVI. o~ .,. 'c>~ 1 1r~,f::E4, <br />It has come to my attention that the Colorado mining industry is being <br />placed under a severe .financial strain by the requiring of constant re- <br />visions to mined land reclamation plans even though the changes in such <br />plans involve earth-moving activities Chat are not directly related to <br />the operation of an underground mine. <br />For example, the construction and installation of a truck scale facility <br />for an underground coal mine should be no different than the installa- <br />tion of a weigh facility for sugar beet processing. Yet, if an installa- <br />tion of such a facility occurs in an underground mine, your inspectors <br />are apparently requiring a complete technical revision to the existing <br />plans. Not only is this technical revision extremely costly, but the <br />time delays involved can tie up necessary capital for inordinate periods <br />of time. <br />I would appreciate your letting me know what can be done to speed this <br />process along, and additionally, whether or not in your opinion such <br />complete technical revisions are necessary for such minor changes in <br />mined land reclamation plans. <br />Si erely, / <br />G. 1.16" ~ <br />S even Durham <br />s~D/~y <br />w1'` <br />,~ <br />~~ <br />`' ;;~ ivi~t~ ~'~ 1`J $~~ <br />?~~ ~., <br />