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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 <br /> Denver,CO 80203 <br /> Phone:(303)866-3567 <br /> .0 <br /> FAX:(303)832-8106 Roy Romer <br /> Governor <br /> Michael B.Long <br /> Division Director <br /> Date: August 27, 1993 <br /> To: Jim McArdle <br /> From: Dan Hernandez �. <br /> 1 <br /> Re: Emergency Partial Procurement of Forfeited Performance Warranties <br /> Trinidad Basin Mining Company, The Trinidad Basin Strip Mine <br /> Revoked Permit No. C-81-048 <br /> On August 19, representatives from the Coal Program made an inspection of the sediment <br /> ponds at the Trinidad Basin Strip Mine, located approximately 25 miles'northwest of <br /> Trinidad, Colorado, and west of the old town of Ludlow, Colorado. During the inspection, <br /> we found that one of the ponds, situated immediately adjacent to the county road that runs <br /> through the mine site, had an embankment that was beginning to exhibit signs of imminent <br /> failure. Additionally, the principal spillway pipe inlet had clogged, resulting in the water <br /> level in the pond rising to within five to six feet from the top of the embankment. <br /> Because of the estimated 500,000 cubic feet of water this pond was retaining that could <br /> come flowing out of the embankment onto the.adjacent public road, please obtain enough <br /> money-from our forfeited bonds account for this site to pay for someone to repair this <br /> embankment as soon as possible. I have discussed this situation with Steve Renner, and he <br /> has given me verbal approval for the repair job. Thanks. <br /> DIH/bjw <br /> m:\oss\bjw\dih.jm <br />