GENERAL56318

• Permit No: C1992081
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/17/2007
• Doc Name: Letter Regarding Coal Bond Compliance Inspection
• From: DRMS
• To: Hydro-Environmental Solutions Inc
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
August 17, 2007
COiORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
John C. Weinman Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Hydro-Environmental Solutions, Inc.
PO Box 772996 Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Hayden Gulch Loadout, Permit C-1992-081, Coal Bond Compliance Inspection
Dear Mr. Weinman:
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has completed a
coal bond compliance inspection of the Hayden Gulch Loadout. A copy of the report
(form) is attached. Please respond to the following items with a revision(s) to the Permit
Application Package (PAP).
Item I. With reference to the introduction of the report, the PAP was found to not contain
clearly defined general (Rule 2.05.2) or specific (Rule 2.05.3) operation plans for the site.
Please develop and incorporate such plans into the PAP. A question that arose is: "What
is the currently approved operation -coal load in, or coal load out? Or both?" Please
formulate the plans to clearly define the permitted operations(s).
Item 2. The current reclamation cost estimate does not include the removal of some of the
fences, gates, interior light poles, signage, and the remnant stacker-tube coal pad (coal).
Please incorporate the demolition (removal) of these items in the reclamation cost
estimate.
Item 3. Please correct the statement on page 5 of Tab 13 of the PAP that states that wells
HGDALI and HGDAL2 were abandoned in accordance to the rules and regulations of
the Colorado Division of Water Resources. Although monitoring at these sites has
ceased, the wells have not been abandoned in accordance with the regulations (note that
the wells need to be abandoned in accordance with Rule 4.07.3 as well).
Item 4. Please file a copy of the abandonment (completion) reports for Shallow Well No.
l and Well 22772F with the Division. From experience (with Phase 1[I bond releases),
the Division recommends that well abandonment reports for the site be placed in an
appendix or exhibit of [he PAP [a finding is required that all wells (eta) have been
sealed].
Item 5. The removal of Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc. (YVEA) power lines and
the substation at the site are, in a lease agreement, at the option of the YVEA (Tab 3,
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