_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(136)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
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STATE OF COLOKADO no,
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
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1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 i
Denver,CO 80203 V ' •
Phone:[phone] J876
FAX:[phone]
Roy Romer
Governor
Michael B.Long
Division Director
December 22 , 1993
Mr. Robert Hagen
Director, Albuquerque Field Office
Office of Surface Mining
505 Marquette Ave, N.W. , Suite 1200
Albuquerque, NM 87102
RE: TDN X-93-020-244-003 TV-1; Coal Basin Mine (C-81-017)
Dear Mr. Hagen:
The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) received the above-
referenced TDN on December 16, 1993 . The TDN is for an alleged
violation of Colorado Rule 4 . 13 which.- requires contemporaneous
reclamation of coal mine disturbance. The TDN was issued as a
result of a citizen complaint by Mr. Mike Mechau which was
apparently received by the Albuquerque Field Office (AFO) on
December 7, 1993 . This letter serves as DMG's response to the TDN.
The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board set a compliance schedule
for Mid-Continent Resources (MCR) in a May, 1991 Board Order which
included a reclamation time table for the Coal Basin Mines.
Subsequently, the Board ordered the permit revoked in August, 1992
and the bond forfeited in September, 1993 .
On June 17, 1993, the DMG issued NOV C-93-109 to Mid-Continent
Resources for failure to reclaim the mine in a contemporaneous
manner. Abatement of the NOV was set at October 21, 1993 . Because
the NOV had not been abated, a Failure-to-Abate Cessation Order
(CO-93-144) was issued to MCR on November 2 , 1993 . Copies of the
NOV and the CO are enclosed for your reference. The appeal process
for these enforcement actions has not yet been completed.
In summary, DMG has already issued enforcement actions for the
violation addressed in the TDN. We feel this is an appropriate
response to the TDN.