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Mountain Coal Company <br />Wrt Elk Mina <br />• Pat Oltb~ Bat 597 <br />Sanrwt, Ca7ondo atria <br />TalepliaM 9709?9.~075 <br />Fot 970 9L45695 <br />January 13, 1997 <br />Mr. Randy Snyder <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />Southwestern Colorado Regulatory OfiSce <br />402 Rood Avenue, Room 142 <br />Grand Jrmctioq CO 81501-2563 <br />RE: Mountain Coal Company; West Elk Mine; Project #199675244 <br />Dear Mr. Srryder. <br />~` <br />For your informatioq please find enclosed final designs for the wetland ntigation project that will <br />be constructed to compensate for the loss of wetlands associated with Mountain Coal Company's <br />(MCC) proposed refuse pile expansion project. T'he designs were prepazed by Wright Water <br />Engineers. Inc. (WWE). <br />Also enclosed is a memo from W WE to me regarding a streambank stabilization evaluation that <br />was completed as part of the final designs for the wetland mitigation project. W WE concluded <br />that installing riprap to stabilize the streambank in the area of the wetland is not justifiable from a <br />risk-based economic viewpoint. Instead, W WE recommends plarning willow bundles along the <br />bank to provide a natural solution to the bank erosion problem. As a result, MCC plans to <br />include the planting of willow bundles in the wetland mitigation project. <br />In a letter from your office dated July 29, 1996, it states that the permit verification will be valid <br />until January 21, 1997. Please note that the mitigation site (and the refuse pile expansion) w771 be <br />constructed this year, therefore, MCC requests an extension to the permit verification. <br />Please call should you have a~ comments regarding the final designs for the wetland mitigation <br />site and the planting of the willow bundles. MCC plans to begin the bidding process for this <br />construction project next month. <br />Christine E. <br />Permitting ; <br />. cc: Paul Avarrt, WWE <br />Jonathan Kelly, W WE <br />Kathy Welt <br />or uv~.aa <br />