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r <br />~. <br />(". <br />(,. <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 <br />~ r r <br />(° s <br />1~=~ <br />~~ - SEP 2 3 .979 <br />Mr. John Ward <br />Government and Employee Relations <br />Colowyo Coal Company <br />5731 State Highway 13 <br />Meeker, Colorado 81641 <br />,.. <br />Thank you for your letter of September 4, 1979, concerning <br />a request for an Experimental Practice in the construction <br />of a spoil fill. <br />In the absence of formal guidance for obtaining authorization <br />for an Experimental Practice during the interim regulatory <br />program, OSM practice is to require a written request to be <br />submitted through the State Regulatory Authority to the OSM <br />Regional Office, with final disposition to be made by this <br />office. <br />We understand that Mr. Crane, Director, OSM Region V and <br />Mr. Barry, Director, Division of Mined Land Reclamation for <br />Colorado have both received copies of this request and that <br />OSM Region V staff are presently reviewing the same. <br />;~:a:; <br />:..:: ~: <br />We wish to assure you that OSM will act in a timely manner <br />to review and recommend action on this request. <br />Sincerely, <br />• <br /> <br /> <br />~~R N., HEIh "; <br />Director <br />.J~1 . <br />