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iAAE3-25-gA 13:07 FRW-DNR 3D88662115 T-964 P.05f09 F-662 <br /> CRYSTAL VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br /> 00X 92).CAROONDALE,COLORAD©91623 <br /> september 3, 1999 <br /> Dorothea Farris, Chairman , <br /> Pitkin County Boa" of County Connissioners <br /> Pitkin County Courtbouse <br /> Aspen., Co S 1511 <br /> Re: COAL 13ASIN RECLAMATION <br /> Dear Chairman Farris: <br /> With some urgency I am Writing to you on behalf of CVEpA <br /> regarding developwents which threaten to Erring to a premature and <br /> the reclamation work now in progress in Coal Basin. Pitkin <br /> County's participation and help to avert this result are very <br /> Bauch needed- <br /> Firet, we ask that Pitkin County use its standing as a party of <br /> record in Fi.tkin County Aisstrict Court case 197Cv131-3, to <br /> litigate against mid-Continent Resources, (MCR) attempt to have <br /> the court stop the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> (DXG) from completing various projects essential to reclamation. <br /> Second, we ask that Pitkin County co-sponsor with CVJ:?A (and <br /> perhaps other interested organization$ in the area) (1) an <br /> independent evaluation, by a recognized expert, of the <br /> reclamation work dope to date by the DMG, and (2) an estimate of <br /> the costs of the reclamation work that remains to be clone to <br /> stabilize the watershed and minimise erosion and sediment <br /> pollution. such an objective eval.Uation and estimate Would be <br /> useful in court and could be effective in persuading DXr- and the <br /> Federal office of Surf$ce Mining (OSH) to take the necessary <br /> steps to see that the disturbed areas in Coal Basin are fully <br /> reclaimed. CFEPA is prepared to pay a substantial portion of the <br /> cost of such an evaluation and estimate and has identified an <br /> independent mining reclamation consultant well. �talified for the <br /> task- <br /> The baois For these requeate will be apparent in the attached <br /> 5tatezont which 1 a nk you and the other members of the. Board of <br /> County Cvmmt.issionerm (BOCC) to read, <br /> in conclusion, I Would only remind you of the enormous importance <br /> of Coal Basin to Redstone, to the Crystal River valley, and to <br /> SO'd SS�:SZ 66, SZ JPW 8SSS99KO2:xpd <br />