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AUG.27 '93 7:44AM DMG.GJCT 1 303 2410336 p,g COAL:Work to begin on steep, loose refuse pile y CoMmied ftm iV 2 slopes found below mad cuts and Redstone residents call the mine entry benches WJU be arstlY haze coal wash plant,mine entices, work critical. One of their and were not cnvrswlttxl in the 1994. venttlatinn slraPis,refuse piles and a irc><imatiou plan Renner said ex network n s a shaft, refuse se piles and a biggest fears is that the pe�entd steep slope reclamation footpt'int of industrial enterprise in projects done last Year were sutxeas- refuse pile could collapse, ful enough that they should be ap. Coal lWin,the natural envvmnuient p plied ffi other problem spots. la now regaining its dominance. dam Coal Creek, and then Close to letft bids for such buildho and conveyors have break loose in a work, the state may now delay► the been demolished and narrowed,am action until the legal dispute L crate foundaiions have been pulver- catastrophic flood. resolved. iacd and used as truer]], mine en- p — ■ Mid-Condnent argues that to tries and vent shahs have been I3Pclstone residents Call the work get to some of those slopes,mntrU over,solidly blocked inside :urd covered critical.One of their biggest fears is tors.would have to take equipment over. and refuse resli piles have been that the refiise pile could collapse, on roads that have already been mavccl Or reshtiped to prevent. dam Coal Creek, and then break ripped and seeded.Repeatt recla- erosion.W,rk is under way this Year to lase in a catastrophic flood. Coal ttlatiori of the rerun will divert bank• Dull back the steep face of what's d%eek pours into the Crystal River ruptcy � run other 1t5es, rice the'aid refuse pile."It's n pre directly across from the low-hying company argues• Renter said the called town. breaktbroligh on steep slope red]a- dpitous slope of loose Wal refuse, reopening the mined in the 1M,'60s and'70s,that "We'm really pleasai with this matiou casny j bAes drops directly to the edgy of Coal work," said Mike Mechau of Pali- roadsandontie reclaimingthemlater. Lek lade,wlin grew up in Redstone. "A ■ M►d CAntlnent 1 s asked e Contractors are busy with heavy serious flood h=ud and pollution covet to prevent the state ftm tettr- rs;uipment rnovinz the ulrper lip of risk is going to be alleviated." ing down tiro cinderblock lamp Qre pile a quarter-mile away to thr, A second$115,OW federal giant is hotuea, ripping up thA a of moving the powerlinet road flat area when the wash plant par a nel tO be used for n tc;1r hCreek{aaCoal Cre new ek spaci and ous xLrurture• Cortrpariy Off' stood hu diverted during the 35- cials envision amvertinK the I "The pile i:s at a 140-1 5lolxc, or mining I even steeper," Renner explained to Ye;' minx era into a series of Huuctun' to :+n outPitt�'r s ii.tar for the Rt�stutic residents on the tour.. flumes and underground pipes. ski touring, horseback and mouth "We want to laY it back tD be?-to-1. Thh work involves the excavation fain bikins adventures. ltrmrer, con- We're going to carry that slope all of 47,000 cubic yanAs of miaterial to Mechau and uthars will tnsi4Y cun- create a ruck lined channel limit can cede that request. tlrr,way doom to creek lave],where OMcials say some the pile is really pushing the anpJe of carry the heavy sediment load c�o>st ■ Company repose. All in aA.Wp-U move about neon when snowmelt or tr cloudburst lwJamatinn work 19 muddyinK seer Go,000 cubic Yes of mat�,t" night cause the Creek to swell.Ren• went ponds that Mid-Continentn.Thmpa y is Suice the Tefnse pile pred.;tkv nP.r seal times mmaintain.The company� mire reclamation laws, Mid Mid-continent's complaint is fo- also seeking a full acoountrn8 of t:asrtinent's bankuuptcY ftmds cant cased on four udler racism ition trust funds ti. its creditors, astin rs. and blasKs the statr.Cor "wasting mfJUCy the applied.The work is being done projects isi the works, hide it+�r higher'than under x W,nW Rant from the Feel- M state's�.ifort to is arg ielairn steep ue i easo accepting eral Office of Surface Mining.