1990-07-09_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017

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' •SENT of J United States Department of the Interior .V m OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING -« RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT i ,F 3. aq SUITE 310 625 SILVER AVENUE, S.W. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87102 In Reply Refer To: December 19, 1989 x CERTIFIED MAIL--RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED P 201 229 325 1989 Mr. Michael B. Long, Coal Program Supervisor Mined Land Reclamation Division - { Department of Natural Resources 215 Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 Re: Ten-Day Notice 89-02-244-5 Dear Mr. Long: In accordance with 30 CFR 842.11, the following is a written finding regarding the Mined Land Reclamation Division's (MLRD) response to the above Ten-Dav Notice (TDN) : On November 3, 1989, the Albuquerque Field Office (AFO) conducted a random sample oversight inspection of the Coal Basin Mining complex; the OSM inspector was accompanied by an MLRD representative. The inspection resulted in the issuance of TDN 89-02-244-5, dated November 14, 1989. The TDN was sent by certified mail and was received by MLRD on November 16, 1989. MLRD's initial response to the TDN was by a telephone call from Bill Crick to Gary Fritz on November 27, 1989. Your office's written correspondence regarding the TDN was received on December 12, 1989. AFO will consider this a timely response to TDN 89-02-244-5. One of the comments made in your response concerns your office's not receiving the Minesite Inspection Report (MEIR) as supporting documentation for the TDN. The MEIR should have been sent with the TDN. Hopefully, any disadvantage you had in responding to the TDN without benefit of the MEIR should have been offset by the close-out briefing for your inspector at the completion of the inspection. At that time, it was made clear what the OSM inspector considered a violation with the only question being whether your staff would take enforcement action for the violations noted.