_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(253)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Name: Bid Documents ‎(IMP)‎ 1994 Correspondence
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
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Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone:[phone]
FAX:[phone]
DEPARTMENT C
NATURAi
July 27, 1994 RESOURCE;
Roy Romer
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P119--42
MEMO
Governor
James S Lmhhead
TO: Mined Land Reclamation mod, Cheryl Linden Executi�eD;rectr,r
/— Michael B Lung
FROM: Steve Renner Division Director�
RE: Mid-Continent esources Coal Basin Mine
The Division, rather than Mid-Continent Resources is now
undertaking reclamation of the Coal Basin Mine. The Division is
obligated to follow the contracting procedures established by the
Division of Purchasing. The Inactive Mine Program has fo 'owed the
Purchasing procedures for years, and has developed a guideline for
completing the competitive bid process. In contracting out the
various reclamation tasks to be undertaken at Coal Basin, I will be
using the Inactive Mines guidelines.
I am currently in the process of drafting an Invitation to Bid
package. This package contemplates the reclamation of the Number
5 Mine Fan Entry area, the associated access road and an adjacent
exploration road, and the 5 Mine Haul Road (Road G) . This
reclamation work will consist of backfilling against the road cuts
with material excavated from the road out-slopes in some areas,
while other areas will simply be slightly graded, ripped and
seeded. A number of small dips will be placed in the road to
promote drainage from the roadway over the outslope at regular
intervals. In addition, the road remnant will be graded so that
sheet flow of water will occur directly over the road surface to
the outslope, rather than allowing water to be concentrated into
rivulets which form gullies on the out-slopes. After all the
grading work is done, the entire surface area will be seeded. The
outcome of these efforts will be a landform which resembles a
vegetated bench about ten to twelve feet wide sloping to the down
slope. The U.S. Forest Service seems to approve of this
reclamation concept, which should act as a model for reclamation of
the other roads at the mine.
The Invitation to Bid also includes specifications for the
construction of three diversion channels to handle runoff from the
Sutey Refuse Disposal Area. After construction of the diversions,
the Sutey area will then be topsoiled, mulched and revegetated.
The Rock Tunnel Waste Disposal Area will also be reclaimed through
this Invitation to Bid package. A bench to divert water and break