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WRNF SOPRIS RD ID :303-963-1012 SEP 27 '94 8 :21 No .001 P .02 <br /> OPFICE OF GENRItAL GjUNSEL <br /> MID'-CONTINENT RIsouRCIi&, INC. <br /> C.0 DRAWgt 790 <br /> 7'RL6I'tipNg 8,8 C ADRALIO AVEtM N.. <br /> AKm Cope 30 oLENWOOD SPRINGS,COLORADO 81602 SOPRO RAWISR IR,SMX-T <br /> 9/5.63U DAM <br /> * <br /> September 22, 1994 INFO ACT INFO AA <br /> RArtoPA _ <br /> ilynkx,t,5 <br /> LANfxCST/FF T[otaLl.Mt . —'.�— <br /> I ND SPF;o <br /> ..�_.�kttCTtiCl1� <br /> TAPS;'h.i <br /> RC GZ7A6N <br /> Mr. Kevin Riordan "-�- �Iis �`saivv�,•T— <br /> District Ranger <br /> 'U- S- Forest Service <br /> 620 Main Street <br /> Carbondale, Co 81623 <br /> Re: Coal Basin Land Exchange <br /> Dear Kevin; <br /> Reference made <br /> Proposing land exchange <br /> to my letter of February 2, 1994 to you <br /> lend on the ge on approximately 5,800/6,000 acres of fee <br /> perimeter of Coal Basin in Pitkin and Gunnison <br /> Counties, Colorado, The exchange proposal whereby this land will <br /> be placed in the National Forest has been given conceptual approvaland has widespread support in Pitkin County, the various agencies <br /> Involved, and the public generally, <br /> Western land Group, Inc. , sustantial Through beenfaci made <br /> o>•x by <br /> bringing about this land exchange. progress has been made toward <br /> tin Wild, Mountain <br /> Appraisal & Management Company has done an�a praisal which is under <br /> review by the Board of Directors of the landowner and the <br /> Creditors, oversight Committee, and in scheduled for review by <br /> representatives of the Forest Service. <br /> The Forest Service wants to include the disturbed foe <br /> land where the mine portals and access roads are require reclamation located which will <br /> as a condition to acceptance by the Forest <br /> Service. It in hoped and projected by Western band Group that <br /> exchanges on most of the land can be accomplished within the next <br /> weai •,axtend over reclamation, particularly Including revegetation, <br /> more than one growing season. It has been agreed <br /> that the access roads should not be reclaimed in the manner to <br /> render them impassable by vehicle until vehicular access Is no <br /> longer necessary to complete, reclamation and revegetation. <br /> exchan es To address this problem, we have proposed that the land <br /> g proceed on a sequential basis, Including the disturbed <br /> areas and that sufficient funds from the exchange escrowed a assure completion of reclamation to standard <br /> s equired <br /> by the Forest Service under post-mining use criteria in accordance <br /> with the approved Recsiamation plan. <br />