1992-01-15_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 1/15/1992
• Doc Name: Bid Documents ‎(IMP)‎
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION of Coro
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver,CO 80203 " n.
303 866-3567 #}
1876
FAX [phone]
Roy Romer.
Governor
Fred R.Banta,
Division Director
DATE: January 2, 1992
TO: Jim Pendleton ?
FROM: Dan Mathews
C
RE: NOV C-91-018 Assessment Conference
File C-81-017 (Mid-Continent Resources)
Pursuant to your request, I have reviewed the permitting and inspection files
from 1988 to the present, in an attempt to ascertain what commitments might
have been made by Mid-Continent (MCR) or concerns expressed by the Division
with respect to stabilization of road cut and fill slopes at Coal Basin.
My basic finding is that the approved interim reclamation plan allows for
sloughing of both cut and fill slopes . Chapter 5, Page 21 of the permit
application states that "during the interim reclamation program, haul roads
would be downgraded to access roads, the width narrowed, and slopes allowed to
slough" . Page 17 discusses relocation of the road ditch out 10' from the
hillside to "allow material to slough off the hillside and onto the inside of
the road. " Page 22 includes the following statement: "The downhill slopes
from the road will also be allowed to slough during the interim reclamation
phase. They will not be seeded during the interim phase in order to encourage
establishment of the most moderate possible slope" . I was not aware of the
latter provision when I issued the NOV.
I have not found evidence that the Division indicated specific concerns to
Mid-Continent regarding interim stabilization of cuts and fills prior to a
midterm review letter of April 24, 1991 . Interest in the matter was spurred
in part by local citizen groups and the Forest Service, who had contacted us
in regard to this issue and other matters regarding Coal Basin in 1990 and
1991 . These concerns led to the joint MLR-USFS inspection of July/August,
1991 . There are no specific comments , concerns, or recommendations regarding
revegetation or other stabilization or sediment control measures for road cut
or fill slopes in inspection reports between 1987 and July, 1991 .