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1 U BEAR COAL COMPANY Somerset, Colorado 81434 October 21, 1982 HAND DELIVERED ~~~~~~~~ 0 `' T 2 -? 1982 MINED LAND RECLn~.~tP,TION Colo. Dept. of Natu~ai Resources Mr. Fred Banta Colorado Mined land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman Street 423 Centennial Building Denver, Colorado 80202 Re: Minor Revision - Bear Coal Company Temporary Haul Road and Coal Storage Dear Fred: • Bear Coal Company hereby requests the use of the access road from surface facilities to the Bear No. 3 portal bench as a temporary haul road and the use of a small area on the portal bench far a coal storage pile. The use of the access road for haulage and the need for a small coal storage area is required during completion of development activities at the Bear No. 3 Mine. As discussed in our meeting on Wednesday, October 20, 1982, haulage of coal on the existing access road and a small coal stockpile near the portal entries are needed because late fall precipitation has slightly delayed the construction of our conveyor from the portals. As you know, the Somerset area has experienced above-average precipitation during the late summer and fall of 1982, and unfortunately, muddy conditions have prevailed throughout the construction and development activities of our operation. For the safety of our miners, construction of the conveyor from the portals has been delayed until drier or frozen ground conditions are experienced. Also, if Bear Coal Company had attempted to construct conveyor footings on the slopes, below the portal in muddy conditions, then an adverse environmental impact would have occurred. However, the Bear Coal Company has proceeded on schedule with construction of the tieback wall at the portals and early underground development work. During this underground development work, coal must be removed to facilitate proper ventilation and to assure safe working conditions • in the old mine workings currently being re-opened.