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d-06-1998 d:ddPM FROM ENG. WEST ELK F1INE 970 9295050 P. 1 <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />West Elk Mine <br />Post Ofrwe Boz 591 <br />Somerset, Coloratlo a1434 <br />Telephone 970.929•St715 <br />April 6, 1998 <br />Ms. Susan Burgmaier <br />~ Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Subsoil Pile on Lower Refuse Pile; West Elk Mine; Permit No. C-80.007 <br />Dear Susan: <br />Mountain Coal Company (MCC) has reviewed the Division's letter dated January <br />28, 1998 regarding the subsoil pile on the Lower Refuse Pile (LRP) and provides the <br />following additional information to the questions posed in the letter. <br />1. The subsoil pile in Sylvester Gulch, referred to as "Subsoil Stockpile - <br />Sylvester Gulch" on Table 36 will include reclamation of Phase V of the LRP. <br />However, the notation "Phases 1-IV & Road Relocation" refer to the <br />origination of the soil in the pile. Phase V required no excavation of subsoil. <br />MCC believes that the notation is confusing and will revise it to indicate the <br />destination of the soil upon final reclamation. Table 36 will be changed as <br />such when the revision for the as-built of the Sylvester Gulch Facilities is <br />,, submitted in the near future. <br />2. The volume listed in Table 36 for the Sylvester Gulch subsoil stockpile is <br />reasonably accurate, but most importantly, the pile clearly contains more than <br />the 15,165 CY of soil required for reclamation of the LRP. MCC is currently <br />working on a revision to provide the Division with as-built informazion on the <br />Sylvester Gulch Facilities Area, and a more accurate volume of this subsoil pile <br />will be included. <br />The "Road Relocation" referred to on Table 36 under the subsoil pile in <br />Sylvester Gulch refers to two different Sylvester Gulch road re-alignments or <br />relocations. The first occurred during Phase 1 of the construction of the LRP in <br />1986, The realigned road is shown on Figure LWP-002 in Exhibit S1. A <br />portion of the Sylvester Gulch road was moved to the east to allow for the <br />construction of the Sylvester Gulch subsoil pile. The second relocation <br />occurred at the beginning of Phase IV in 1989. The relocated road is shown on <br />Figure LWP-005 in Exhibit 51. .S new access road to the LRP was constructed <br />and later incorporated into part of the present main haul/access road. The new <br /> <br />