GENERAL56489

• Permit No: C1981015
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/9/1989
• Doc Name: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH GREG LEWICKI ABOUT FRUITA C-81-015
• From: MLRD
• To: MIKE LONG AND TOM GILLIS
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
FRED A. BANTA, Director
August 9, 1989
T0: Mike Long and "fom Gillis
FROM: Mike Savage ~~
RE: Telephone conversation with Greg Lewicki about Fruits (C-81-015)
This morning I had a conversation with Greg Lewicki about the situation at the
Fruits #1 8 2 Mines. Greg told me th at he had been contracted by American
Shield Coal through Gregg Fernette to write a reclamation plan for the Fruits
#1 8 2 Mine. He had been paid an advance of 55000. He recognized that the
due date for the submittal of the plan is August 15, 1989, and he was asking
if we could provide him with an extension.
MY response to Greg was that he did not legally represent American Shield Coal
Company in this matter as he was not listed as a representative in the permit
application. Further, as the Division has not been contacted by American
Shield regarding their plans for the mine site to date, I had no verification
that he was indeed authorized to do work for them, and I was not in the
position to grant an extension without some preliminary discussions with
representatives of the company.
He asked if a letter from the company representatives in Dallas authorizing
him to do work would suffice. I said no. At this point, I told him, the
Division needed some serious commitments from American Shield and a specific
timetable for reclamation, possibly including a legal agreement (addressing
the performance of reclamation) and possibly an appearance before the Board
before the Division would consider extending the deadlines we have imposed. I
told Greg that American Shield had been less than responsive to Division
concerns and that we were not prepared to wait any longer for reclamation.
In closing, I told Greg that the Division would need some direct contact from
American Shield, specifically a listed representative, and that they would
need to have some specific proposals regarding reclamation at the site and
some good reasons for needing an extension.
Greg told me that he would ask Gregg Fernette to call me to discuss the
situation, though he realized Gregg was not an authorized representative any
longer, he would be able to explain the Division's concerns to the right
people at American Shield.
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