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Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. PRODUCERS OF THE FAMOUS COAL BASIN COKING COAL NIID-CONTINENT RESOURCES,INC. 201 Centennial Street W25 PLAINFIELD ROAD-SUITE 220 Suite 406 Telephone: WILLOWBROOK, ILLINOIS 60521 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 CY � � �� (303)945-4958 April 81,Cl C ,APq I [ oci Dan Mathews Mined Land Reclamation Division "Wined -and 1313 Sherman St. '�qe:',?riation Division Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 RE: Request for Extension for Abatement of NoVs C-90-049, C-90-050 , C-90-051, C-90-052 . Dear Mr. Mathews: On January 21, 1991 the Division granted an extension to the time, until April 19 , 1991 for abatement of Notices of Violation C-90- 049, C-90-050, C-90-051 and C-90-052 . These notices of violation were written last fall , just before the onset of winter. As noted at that time, the mine site is at high elevation (8,0001 to 10 ,0001 ) and we had already entered the frost and snow season. Completion of the work required by the NoVs under frost and snow conditions would be difficult if not impossible, and the disturbance to the ground would be environmentally harmful. The heavy snowpack which prevented access to the areas in which the abatement work must be done remains and, at present, snow conditions still do not permit Mid-Continent to reach the areas. Accordingly, Mid-Continent requests an additional extension of 90 days, in consideration of the climatic conditions at the mine site, in which to complete the required work for abatement of the cited violations. The regulations, at §5 . 03 . 2(2) (c) (iv) , allow for extension, "Where climatic conditions preclude abatement . . . [or] would cause more environmental harm than it would prevent . . . §5.03 . 2( 2) (g) allows a request for further extension "Where the condition or circumstance which prevented abatement within 90 days exists at the expiration of such extension. . . " Yours truly, Diane Delaney Mid-Continent Resources