_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(224)‎

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United States Forest White River Sopris Ranger District
Department of Service National P.O. Box 309
Agriculture Forest Carbondale, CO 81623
[phone]
Reply: 2720/2800
Date: October 28, 1992
Michael B. Long - ' ,F• .
Mined Land Reclamation Division
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 _
Denver, CO 80203 o'u��
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Dear Mr. Long:As part of Mid-Continent Resource's (MCR) 1987 application to renew the permit
for their Coal Basin mining operations, a reclamation plan for the restoration
of Coal Basin was submit-:ad to you. Your staff has requested that we review
this plan for adequacy in light of the closing )f MCR's coal mining operations.
We would like to work with Mine Land Reclamation Division (MLRD) and MCR in the
following areas to insure that natural resources on the National Forest are
protected over both the long and short-term.
A Forest Service special use permit with MCR states that 9.5 miles of road are
covered under the permit. Our calculations show that there actually may be
about 16 miles of road on National Forest in Coal Basin. We calculate these
roads are identified as follows:
10. 3 miles of haul roads (7.2 miles on NF lands and 3.1 miles on Federal
Lease lands) .
2.0 miles of exploration road above mine portal no. 4.
3.4 miles of public road on NF land between Redstone Corp. and MCR's
lands.
In addition, there is an undetermined mileage in exploratory roads that were
built over the years.
Listed below are our recommendations regarding the post-mining use and
reclamation of these roads. In addition, included are some general
recommendations for proceeding with the reclamation of the entire permit area
disturbed by past mining activities. Our reclamation goal is for the improved
health of Coal Basin, thereby achieving satisfa=tort' watershed conditions
through the reclamation of all the land disturbed by past mining activities in
the Basin. We have aerial photos taken in 1952 that show the hydrology of Coal
Basin prior to the recent mining.
Post-mining Use
The following discussion of post-mining use of goal Basin will be centered
around the uses the Forest Service will allow as designated in management area