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<br /> BY'REBECCA HARWOOD uncertainties of land use planning up again seemed to her to be . In August, the State Attorney" t,_m. 'It-seems there is so much
<br /> (F,EbSTONE) Mid-Continent • and marketing of the Mid-Con- counter intuitive. Also, the plan General's office appealed a laws; anti-Mid-Continent, it's like a
<br /> tinent properties.",. is not specific as to whether a suit,-_demanding that the ind'i=',' planned,attack fo turn down
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<br /> loan to"pa for the rest of the�'4 Mid-Continent's creditors, culvert will stay in and come out: - vidualoperatorsofMid-Continent-p, hing,they propose."_
<br /> reclamation of the coal basin ,: Sanwa,agreed to fund a loan, if "We just need to know what_,- pay the costs of•redaniatior '" Assistant's Attorney General
<br /> "property this Friday; but ford=: the DMG•,ind Mid-Continent they intend to do with it for land-! �, Mid-Continent's proposal,� Cheryl-,Linden could not, be
<br /> the Division of Minerals:., could agree on a time-table of use planning purposes.We have madeamontliago,wasnotshare4v- -
<br /> the " reached" for comment._:
<br /> and Geolo MG would not reclamation and agree on what to market the land.". with the stal Valle romrr `
<br /> logy ) exactl was still owed. 'i „ " ' Y'offer has not been .•: Y The bank-: Theloanwassupposedtoclose nityorevenpMGNrd-Contuie . �` „{=
<br /> well received. =� - ruptcy plan mandated that Mid- this Friday,but to date,Delaney5. Project Manager Steve A"'
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<br /> "`' Continent a for 3million"worth ""''" " __ ,lght �mes'.
<br /> According to Mid-Continent •„ P Y $ saidMid-Continenthashadacool � -, Icarinotunagmewfiythestatea-,_ ...::.
<br /> g of reclamation, some of which, reception from the wets that' wotildbeso dumb astoturnd'
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<br /> like the closure of the• ortals,has be in the DMG. ; __. a no-strings attached full fiin h
<br /> bankrupt coal company decided P ,. �„� � . a 1ec Ce11� '='' -•
<br /> to fund the entire reclamation bill already been completed by Mid- "We have had one letter,which-, oftHerec]amation,"said Redston
<br /> up front — a solution long : Continent. we interpreted to mean that'theyi.,,,resident and Crystal-'Valle,e �.�
<br /> demanded by the public — in "The agreement was not con- are not interested," she said. "It Caiic`us",Coal Basin Task;ForW-. ro , �7G, x =
<br /> tin gent on an future land use � � • Y
<br /> order to make the land more S Y was our expectation they would; member,lCen Johns6i;. en h �^^�
<br /> salable. agreement (with, Pitkin County be delighted.I don't know why-. .first h and of the offer:"Do they WAl
<br /> Currently, moneys are deliv- or the Forest Service)," Delaney they are not." justwantto continue thelawsuits?:"` =!f �Z
<br /> ;-Ted forreclamation followingthe said. DMG Colorado Inactive MineA Do they have a different plan that;.. (r hothesites-- -
<br /> of Mid-Continent's assets— M d-Continent did, however, Program Program Supervisor,. they-v onl.�iell us,about?:;#i• an a passive recreation--area is
<br /> .ew thousand dollars at a time. ask for some minor changes and David Bucknam said he was w.. Coal Basin TaskforceFiesident- ih• onceptciirrentlyontlietable-
<br /> ice last major asset is the 405 clarification in the reclamation unable to say why the plan was` Bob Moyer-said the goal �'° fo: the Mrd-Continent property,
<br /> cres where Mid-Continent Coal plan in order to ensure the not acceptable. In a letter to.- task force and the commuruty is- foL.rmiles'westofRedstone.That's
<br /> operated its wash plant and property was salable according Redstone Attorney Tom to see the reclamation funded;in ; cu.rently the plan being consid-
<br /> d�g facility.Because it needs to the intended uses for the area. Crumpacker Dec. 5, he noted, any way possibh, and agree on, erc :by the Crystal River Caucus
<br /> c st reclamation, a buyer is Specifically, Delaney said Mid- "given that the development plan anacceptableusefortheproperty. Cc Basiri'Task Force:
<br /> _1- tc be interested until Continent wants to keepthelamp is in conceptual form, the Divi-. yvhen i# is: done., F que'stion'are,405 acres of
<br /> l:;tle better. house building, for use possibly sion is unable to comnut to any. "Mid-Continent has b_Wvery lai where Mid-Continent Coal
<br /> a genuine, valid chicken for a future passive recreation changes in the reclamation plan cooperative," he said; in"a`gree o� ated their wash plant and
<br /> problem,"Delaney said.=center or maybe a museum.Also, at this time,"but when asked what ment with the proposal to keepp' lo.. ,ng facility since the 1950s,
<br /> �� in the reclamation plan was an the final development plan had the light house and use the roads' an where the original John
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<br /> ,• _ -r mod, and we can't reclaim intent to fill an indentation with to do with the. offer to fund forapubliccross-couritryskiarea O od operation was estab-
<br /> <,lt the land.Our further 65,000 tons of coal washer refuse, reclamation,he said he could not He said he could not understand lis: • d before 1900.; ram.{;
<br /> cn,e w a,to remove reclama y which hasalreadybeen reclaimed comment because of current liti, w1 the state was-turning down Con't nram
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