PERMFILE109316

• Permit No: C1982054
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/12/1988
• Doc Name: Letter on Permit Expiration & Gravel Operation
• From: MLRD
• To: PUEBLO COAL INC
• 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 R. BANTA, Director
July 12; 1988
Mr, Jim Hendricks
Pueblo Coal, Inc.
278 Sawyer Drive; Suite lA
Durango, Colorado 81301
RE: Carbon Junction Mine
FILE: C-82-054
Dear Mr. Hendricks:
The purpose of this letter is two-fold. First, to remind you that the current
permit term for the Carbon Junction Mine expires on October 25, 1988. We urge
you to submit an application for renewal as outlined by Rule 2.08.5(2) as soon
as possible. At this point, should a permit renewal not be issued by the
expiration date of October 25, 1988, Pueblo Coal could not conduct any mining
operations (other than maintenance) until the renewal is issued, If a
complete application is not made prior to the permit expiration date, the
current permit would expire leaving reclamation as the mandated course of
action. Attached please find a renewal application form. We will be
available to assist you in its completion if necessary.
which were required to be addressed prior to resumption of active status could
be delayed for some additional period of time, but we have not looked into
this issue in detail.
Second, we have reviewed your letter of June 14, 1988, regarding the
possibility of starting a gravel mining operation on the excess overburden
disposal area. Your request is not without precedent and it would appear that
a gravel mining permit might not be necessary. However, operations and
reclamation would have to comply with the requirements of the coal law and the
temporary cessation status of the mine would be lifted during the gravel
operation. It is possible that resolution of certain of the stipulations
We do not have sufficient information at this point regarding details of the
operation, including anticipated duration and volume of gravel to be removed
to indicate to you whether or not the operation would be approvable. One
obvious concern we have is the effect removal of the excess spoil material
would have on the achievement of approximate original contour (AOC). We would
require a demonstration that sufficient spoil would remain after completion of
the gravel operation to achieve AOC if the existing pit were to be reclaimed.
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