REP16296

• Permit No: M1977424
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/23/2000
• Doc Name: LOGAN WASH MINE ANNUAL REPORT
• Permit Index Doc Type: ANNUAL FEE / REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Logan Wash Mioe
Annual Report
March 23, 2000 -March 23, 2001
Permit No.: M-197724
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This annual report has been prepared N accordance with regulations of the State of Colorado Division of
Minerals and Geology (DMG) and the regulations promulgated by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board. The information in this report pertains to the period March 23, 2000 to March 23, 2001 (reporting
period). Projected reclamation activities for the following year are also presented.
The Logan Wash Mine, located approximately 12 miles northeast of DeBeque, Colorado, is managed by
Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc. (GSHI) for Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Harding ESE (formerly Harding
Lawson Associates) is the consulting operator of the site. A general site location map for the Logan Wash
Mine is presented ta Figure 1.
This annual report summarizes the reclamation status of the Logan Wash Mine Oil Shale property. During
the reporting period, no surface reclamation work was conducted on the property or adjoining BLM
property. Some piping repairs and modifications were made to the retort drainage system inside the mine
and outside the mine near the evaporation pond. At this time, GSHI requests [o remain on Temporary
Cessation status at the Logan Wash Mine Site. GSHI is in the process of preparing a scope of work for
reclamation at Logan Wash Mine and will notify DMG as soon as possible regarding removal from
Temporary Cessation status.
The annual report is organized into the following sections:
• Section l: Introduction
• Section 2: General Site Activities
• Section 3: Disturbed Acreage Status
• Section 4: Reclamation Activities in 2000
• Section 5: Other Work Activities
• Section 6: Reclamation m the Year 2001
• Section 7: Anticipated Disturbance in the Year 2001
Please refer to Figure 1, the Logan Wash Mine location map, and Figure 2, the Logan Wash Mine site map
for features discussed in this report.
2.0 General Site Activities
General site activities at the Logan Wash Mine Site doting the reporting period consisted of routine
maintenance and monitoring. Maintenance activities included periodic inspections of mine roads, portals,
and underground drainage systems associated with [he retorts and general mine workings. Monitoring and
sampling activities included: (1) Iwo NPDES ouffalls on a weekly basis with sampling on a monthly or
quarterly schedule, (2) sampling of mine-water discharge and monitoring of groundwater downgradient of
the site under the clostue monitoring program. and (3) measuring flow rates of the mine-water discharge
and retort-water discharge on a weekly basis.
The closure monitoring program, as mandated by DMG, began N February 2000 with background
sampling events at compliance Well LWCW-lA and at Ote clean (non-retort) mine water discharge pipe, in
\ accordance with Technical Revision 2, Proposed Closure Plan for Logan Wash Mine Retorts (Retort
Closure Plan) and associated DMG correspondence. Background sampling will continue for at least 5
quarters through at least June 2001, so that numeric protection levels (NPLs) can be established. It is
\ anticipated that the closure monitoring program will continue up to 5 years (approximately March, 2005).
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