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i <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br /> <br />HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />IT OO BROADWAY <br />A. EDGAR BENTON <br />DENVER. COLORADO 80290 <br />TELEPHONE (3031 BBI-7000 <br />TELEX AS-CIBO <br />November 21, 1977 <br />BRANCH OFFICE <br />COLORADO BPRIN GS. COLD RADO <br />TELEPHONE 13031 <~3~3800 <br />RECEIVED <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />723 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Adequacy Review, JD-6 Mine, <br />Your File No. 77-310 <br />Gentlemen: <br />NOV 21 1y71 <br />MINED LAND RCCLAMATIr ^d <br />Coio. Dept. of Natural Hesour~,;s <br />As you know, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has <br />requested additional information regarding the captioned <br />application, as specified in its October 28, 1977 letter to <br />the Applicant Cotter Corporation (Cotter). A portion of <br />this letter, specifically 11 3d. thereof, solicited further <br />input from Cotter regarding the points raised by the State <br />Engineer's Office in its Demorandum to you dated October 20, <br />1977. Cotter in turn has asked us to respond to these <br />points, and our response follows. <br />Based upon the application itself and additional <br />information provided to us by Cotter staff personnel, we <br />have evaluated the points raised by the State Engineer's <br />office in its memorandum, and have concluded as follows: <br />1. The proposed mining and reclamation program <br />will have no detectable effect upon, or cause injury <br />to, the owners or users of vested water rights. <br />2. The use of water in the proposed mining and <br />reclamation program will comply with all pertinent <br />laws, including those regarding the diversion, use and <br />administration of the waters of the state. <br />3. The proposed mining and reclamation program <br />will have no detectable effect upon the prevailing <br />hydrologic balance of the affected land or the surrounding <br />area, including the quality and quantity of water in <br />surface and ground water systems. <br />follows: <br />The reasons leading to these conclusions are as <br />