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'C)N DC 20510 <br /> Octover 24 , 1988 <br /> Mr. George E. Mitchell <br /> Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado <br /> Box 351 <br /> Rifle, Colorado 81650 <br /> Dear Mr . ustchell : <br /> I thank you for your letter regarding the problems that <br /> Mid-Continent is experiencing with MSHA inspectors . Kathy Hall, <br /> my staffer in Grand Junction, and members of my Washington staff <br /> have also brought this natter to nv attention . They are in the <br /> process Of gathering more detailed information on the complex <br /> issues involved for my review as soon as possible. <br /> From the limited information I have gotten from MSHA to <br /> date, the agency stepped up their safety inspection program <br /> considerably after the mine disaster in Utah. it is in the <br /> public interest to protect the lives and safety of the miners, <br /> but it is also i-mportant that NSHA find appropriate ways to meet <br /> their resoonsibilities under the law without forcing unwarranted <br /> mine closures and the loss of more jobs in western Colorado . <br /> '"ave a-' so h==! from otner Ta ne operators with similar <br /> _DroDier.:s with HsjL, but who have less diffivult mining conditions <br /> than these encoun-:=e-. -In Lc`�7ar Creeh i ine . _ _m <br /> e a honefu <br /> that these issues can beworked out-success iuliy between the <br /> aaancv and the operators in the near future. If this Droves to <br /> be we sari consider the aovrsaDL_ity of a <br /> Congressional hearing when Congress convenes in January . <br /> Bast regards . <br /> �Licerely, <br /> 1` \ <br /> WAlliarr L. Armstrong <br /> WLA:hp <br />