1987-12-01_PERMIT FILE - C1981017 ‎(304)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/1/1987
• Doc Name: Water Control Plan Train Loadout Area
• Section_Exhibit Name: Chapter VII Volume 9 Appendix VII-H-1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

AID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC.
PRODUCERS OF THE FAMOUS COAL BASIN COKING COAL
BOX 158
CHICAGO OFFICE CARBONDALE, COLORADO 81623 TELEPHONE
105 ROAMS STREET 13031963.2581 TWX
TWX
CHICAGO 60603
December 14 1979 910929689
f 910 929 6897
Mr. Roger Funston
Mined Land Reclamation
723 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman St.
Denver, CO 80203
RE: No. 77-419 Train Loadout
Dear Roger:
This letter will hopefully answer the pre-post mining questions about
the loadout. I talked to the Garfield County Planning Office in Glenwood
Springs and they informed me there was no zoning at the location of the
loadout in 19S6. I would assume from its location in relation to the tracks
(installed in 1894) that this area was not used for agriculture or grazing;
this would leave wildlife. as pre-mining land use.
The present zoning is A/I Agriculture or Industrial. The surrounding
area is A/R/RD Agriculture/Residential/Rural Density: The A/I area now has
three major industries on it and the A/R/RD is being broken up and sold for
residences (10 acres±) .
I am sure that in 50 years, at the estimated end of mining, this area
will be inside the city limits of Carbondale and will be industrial or
high-density residential. This property is privately ol"Med by Mid-Continent
Resources and at any time between now and SO years hence, this property
would be put to some commercial use.
No one can foresee that it would ever be returned to its premising land
use of wildlife, but we are willing to say that if all else fails, as an
alternate reclamation plan Mid-Continent would:
1. Remove all existing structures;
2. Return the area to approximate original contour;
3. As no topsoil was stored in 1956, soil amendments including mulch
and fertilizer would be added to sustain an equal vegetation cover
to the surrounding area;
4. Revegetation would include native grasses (and some introduced
species) , legtunes, shrubs and trees. This area has approximately
10 to 15 inches of precipitation at an elevation of 61801 and is
typically a semi-arid Pinyon-Juniper-Sage high valley.