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-F3 <br />F~ <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />RE~~"~iED <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />~ MOUNTAIN CDA~ Md~ a uaoZ <br />/~ f7 LOMPANY Oirision of Minerals and Geology <br />LLC. West Elk Mine <br />A Subsidiary a(Mch Wesmm Resawees, LlC _ P.O. Box 591 <br />5173 Highway 133 <br />Somersc4 CO SIa34 <br />(970)929-5015 <br />Fax (970)929.5595 <br />May 19, 2000 <br />Mr. James Burnell <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Mountain Coal Company LLC (MCC), West Elk Mine; Permit Na. C-80-007; Minor <br />Revision 270, Thermal Event Update <br />• Deaz Mr. Burnell: <br />MCC is submitting this update in response to the meeting held at the USFS Office in Paonia, Colorado <br />on Monday, May the I5`" ..The meeting was attended by you, representing the Division, myself for <br />MCC, and Ms Liane Mattson of the USFS. This response will update the Division and the USFS to <br />May 19, 2000, as to the status and progress made by MCC to extinguish the combustion event and <br />begin interim reclamation of drill site pads and roads associated with the event that began on or about <br />January 28, 2000. <br />MCC has successfully completed 43 drill holes in the mine, installed seventeen cement/ fly-ash seals, <br />pumped 40 million gallons of water to the drill sites, and has made substantial progress in <br />extinguishing the source(s) of the combustion in the abandoned gob azea. Our contractors, Halliburton <br />and Lang Drilling, have de-mobilized from the azea. Chesnik Construction is still onsite and will be <br />responsible for performing interim reclamation activities. Interim reclamation activities include the re- <br />grading of sub-soil to approximate original contour, re-distribution of topsoil, seeding, fertilizing, <br />mulching, and installation of sediment control measures. Interim reclamation will be performed in <br />aeeas that aze no longer needed now or during the mining of Panel 13A.for monitoring or water . <br />injection. <br />Enclosed with this letter aze the spread sheet, maps, and drawings depicting the drill hole locations, <br />seal locations, emergency drill hole data, typical equipment list, surface disturbed aeeas, and areas of <br />•, projected interim reclamation. <br />