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pond embankments and ripped road beds are some areas which <br />would likely be sampled. <br />Documents pertaining to this interrogatory will be made <br />available for inspection at a mutually convenient time at the <br />Division's offices in Denver and \or Grand Junction. <br />52. In the DMG Reclamation Accounting under the <br />caption "Contaminated Soils Identification and Disposal" <br />certain costs are proposed, please identify these areas and <br />the suspected problem. Please explain what work has been or <br />is proposed for this soil problem by location, component and <br />cost, where in the approved Reclamation Plan this work is the <br />responsibility of MCR and where this covered in the <br />Reclamation Bond? If this work is not covered by the approval <br />Reclamation Bond, what is the authority for it? Are there <br />documents relating to these costs? If so, please attach a copy <br />of such documents to your responses to these interrogatories <br />or state the circumstances under which these documents may be <br />inspected and /or copied. <br />Response: The area where a problem may exist is bounded <br />on the east by the Dutch Creek Flume, on the south by the <br />remnants of the District Office, on the west by Road A and on <br />the north by the north edge of the facilities area bench <br />immediately above Coal Creek. <br />The concern is that MCR's contractor, Harlan and <br />Associates, has identified soils containing concentrations of <br />total petroleum hydrocarbons significantly above the State of <br />Colorado's Remedial Action Criteria for Categories, I, II, <br />III. The August 2, 1996 Harlan and Associates Memorandum <br />recommends excavation of the petroleum hydrocarbon <br />contaminated soil and disposal of this material at a licensed, <br />off -site facility. <br />It is the Division's understanding that MCR is responsible <br />for complying with applicable laws concerning any contaminants <br />found at the site. It is also the Division's understanding <br />that funds allocated in the Environmental Account under MCR's <br />liquidation plan have been spent. It is foreseeable based on <br />conditions discovered at the site and the Harlan report that <br />the Division during reclamation may encounter contaminated <br />soil. The Division's Accounting therefore covers the <br />estimated costs of addressing soil contamination. If more <br />31 <br />