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j 'II II"I'IIIIIII'I' - ~ STATE OF COLORADO \~l`:)~^~~ ' Roy Romer, Governor gave • II/ 1~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES i~F MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION ~";'~,~.: FRED R. BANTA, Dlreetor ~, i~ October 20, 1989 Mr. Brian D. Gontarek P8M Mining Company 6400 S. Fiddler's Green Circle Englewood, Colorado 80111 RE: Edna Mine, Moffat Area Ponitoring, File C-80-001 Dear Mr. Gontarek: In a letter dated August 18, 1989 you expressed an opinion concerning required groundwater monitoring for stability for mining in the Moffat area. In preparing a response to your letter we reviewed the history of discussions and negotiations which occurred between the Division and P8M concerning future mining in the Moffat area. Please allow me to briefly reiterate the more salient points: As you may recall, since 1984 P8M has submitted 5 reports from Water, Waste and Land which address stability in the Edna mine area. Each report contained extensive mitigative methodology and monitoring recommendations. These monitoring recommendations were included as a means to verify the assumptions inherent in the analytical hypotheses contained in the reports. In turn we accepted the reports with the condition that the recommended mitigative methodologies and monitoring requirements be implemented by PBM. Our position on these reports and their recommendations has remained unchanged; the mitigative methodology and monitoring recommendations will be implemented by P8M when mining in the Moffat area commences. The recognition in the Settlement Agreement that Stipulation No. 4 had been satisfied does not deviate from this position. Rather the fact that appropriate analyses and mitigative and monitoring recommendations had been made allowed the Division to agree that no additional stability analyses were necessary and therefore Stipulation No. 4 had been satisfied. 215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. (303) 866-3567