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=STERN SLOPE CARBON, INC. <br />., <br />Department of the Inferior <br />Office of Surface 19ining <br />Assessr^ent Office <br />Hashington 0. C. 20240 <br />Dear Sir: <br />/A3.T l4KE CiT V, VTAM [a 330 <br />/0)~!)a.)i00 <br />June 12, 1979 <br />This letter is in regard to t;otice of Violation 79-V-3-23, issued <br />to 4festern Slope Carbon, Inc., permit F;o. 78-155, F1SHA I.D. No. 05-00293. <br />We wish to submit information regzrding three violations written <br />June 7, 1979, by Larry Damarau. <br />First, the time allo)•:ed for abatement of each violation was 30 <br />days or until July 7, 1979. As of this date, June 12, 1979, all three <br />violations have been taken care of. Abatement of these violations i]]us- <br />•trate considerable expense and good faith on the part of the coal mine <br />operators. <br />Addressing the specific violations: <br />Violation ~1 - Failure to pass surface drainage from <br />disturbed areas through sedi~~.entation ponds, Tras allowed <br />for in our Colorado ;line Land Recla-,ation Fernit, due to <br />the small size of the area and the treatment with gravel. <br />This violation has since been taken care of by directing <br />the sedi:r.ent run-off through a culvert and into our <br />existing East tine sedi^ent pond. <br />Violation `2 - Failure to use required discharge structures <br />nergy dissirators have been installed in the form of hand <br />placed rock at the out-fall of a71 discharged points. <br />Violation =3 - Failure to maintain access and haul roads <br />as required. Plu;red culverts were discovered and the <br />blockages were rer..oved from all of the culverts on the <br />property. <br />It is felt that ldestern Slope Carbon has exhibited good faith <br />and a timely abate~:lent of these violations and );e hope that this will <br />A / V[/ I D I A w T O T M O M T N M[/ T [ M[ w G Y C O M- A M <br />