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OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. P.O DRAWER 790 818 COLORADO AVENUE TELEPHONE GLENWOOD SPRINGS,COLORADO 81602 FAX AREA CODE 303 AREA CODE 303 945.2303 945-6546 November 11, 1994 Nov 4 10 Mr. Veto LaSalle 1$ �eolog)' Supervisor 1V. of White River National Forest 1� P. 0. Box 948 Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 Mr. Michael Long Director Division of Minerals & Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 215 Denver, CO 80203 Mr. Mark Fuller Environmental Coordinator Pitkin County 130 South Galena Aspen, CO 81611 Re: Coal Basin Land Planning Gentlemen: Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. (Resources) has proposed the transfer of approximately 5, 700 acres of Coal Basin land to the United States Forest Service (FS ) by exchange. The first exchange parcel is expected to be tendered within the next few weeks which will involve acquisition of a tract exteiidiilCJ- iroiu Placita southwesterly toward Bear Creek. The FS wants to also acquire the portal sites of the mine to the extent they are on fee lands, particularly the former Coal Basin townsite tract - No. 5 Mine area. The fee owned #5 Mine portal area has been substantially reclaimed, and the other areas have been partly reclaimed, but additional work is necessary. The FS requires acceptable reclamation as a pre-condition to exchange, or alternative arrangements to assure completion of reclamation ( such as escrowed funds) . At a meeting on October 6, 1994, Mr. Kevin Riordan suggested prioritization of reclamation tasks and Mr. Steve Renner for DMG agreed that he would submit a proposed prioritization schedule by Thanksgiving. The intent, as I understand, was that if funds are committed to reclamation including the fee portal areas and provisions are made to implement