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West Elk Coal Company, Inc. Past Ollice Boa 597 Somerset. Colorado 81474 Telephone 7n7 929 5075 :>'~ January 28, 1986 Mr. Charles Dunn District Right of Way Agent Colorado Department of Highways P.O. Box 2107 Grand Junction, Colorado 81502 r~^-: ::>, Dear Mr. Dunn: Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(d)(iv) of the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation •. Division, West Elk Coal Company, Inc must secure the permission of the Colorado Department of 'Highways to conduct activities related to it's - .-coal mining operations within 100 feet of the outside right of way of State Highway 133. - 'Please find enclosed a set of plans and drawings which outline the operations that West Elk Coal ..Company (WECC) proposes to conduct .near State Highway 133 ., The proposed operation is a refuse disposal pile for material generated from the mining operations. 'Y... .... ~. In place. Any addltlonal Increase In peak discharge due to the operation will be contained in the sediment pond. The property that the proposed operations will be located on is owned entirely.by WECC. No operations will be conducted on the right of way of State Highway 133. ~ .. ti •, Drainage which normally flows into the highway .collection system from the WECC property will be contained by a series of ditches and routed to a -• sedimentation basin where the runoff will be • .::.treated. The water from the sediment pond will -'-.:then be discharged back into the highway drainage system. This water normally would drain into the highway drainage system if the operation was not We respectfully request that the Colorado Department of Highways respond in writing with permission for WECC to conduct operations within 100 feet of the outside right of way and to allow the treated drainage from the sediment pond to enter the highway drainage system. ',: . . .,. . '~ .- ArtCO-11203 3