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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1 3 1 3 Sherman St., Room 215 <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 C O L O RA D O <br /> <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING <br /> <br />November 25, 2008 <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Mr. Stuart Sanderson Governor <br />President <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Colorado Mining Association Executive Director <br />21616 1h Street, Suite 1250 Ronald W. Cattany <br />Denver, CO 80202 Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />Re: Nominations for 2008 Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety and Colorado <br />Mining Association (CMA) - Coal Mining and Reclamation Awards <br />Dear Stuart: <br />This has been an active year for coal mine reclamation. I am pleased to forward the following <br />nominations from the DRMS Coal Program, for the 2008 DRMS/CMA Coal Mining and Reclamation <br />Awards: <br />Excellence in Preventative Measures to Ensure Public Safety <br />West Elk Mine - Permit No. C-1980-007 <br />Mountain Coal Company L.L.C <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />5174 Highway 133 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />970-929-5015 <br />Contacts: Doug Nolte, Manager of Engineering and Environmental Affairs <br />Chris Nyikos, Project Manager <br />Henry Barbe, Environmental Engineer <br />Mountain Coal Company (MCC) is deserving of recognition for their extraordinary efforts to protect <br />public safety by reconstructing Monument Dam. The Monument Dam, impounding Minnesota Reservoir, <br />was initially constructed in 1891. A number of enlargements occurred over the years. When the last <br />enlargement was completed in 1936, the south abutment of the dam was constructed into a large landslide <br />body. <br />In order for Mountain Coal Company's (MCC) West Elk Mine to progress longwall mining within t/ mile <br />of the dam and reservoir, it was necessary to take preventative measures to protect the dam from mine <br />subsidence and seismic activity. No mining will occur beneath the reservoir. <br />Working with Minnesota Canal and Reservoir Company, the owner of the dam, MCC consulted with and <br />negotiated the preventative measures and permitting through the Department of Water Resources - Office <br />of the State Engineer, Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, United States Forest Service, <br />Army Corps of Engineers, and the Colorado Water Quality Control Division. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines