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C <br /> C <br /> V <br /> CRYSTAL VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION q3,ox <br /> ASSOCIATION., INC. <br /> Robe" Hagen DEC - 7 <br /> 0! <br /> Director, Albuquerque Field Office <br /> Office Of Surface Mining, Suite 1200 <br /> 505 Marquette Ave., N.W. <br /> Albuquerque, N.M. 87102 <br /> .DEC. 3, <br /> Re: Citizen Complaint concerning Coal Basin Mines MidContinent Resources <br /> (c-81-017) <br /> Dear Mr. Hagen: <br /> Pursuant to Sec. 517H and 521A Of SMCRA, on behalf of the Crystal Valle <br /> am herewith making a citizen <br /> vironmental Protection Association, Inc., I c En- <br /> as as follows: <br /> The reclamation plan calls for mine roads, after final reclamation is <br /> completed, merely to be narrowed but to be left wide enough to per- <br /> mit motor vehicle traffic; this Plan thus fails to maximize stabili7,alion <br /> of the watershed and Would Perpetuate erosion and degradation of <br /> water quality. The alternative of closing and revegetating the roads, <br /> which since 1988 has been repeatedly urged by the U.S.Forest Service <br /> and others, has been rejected by the Co. Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology. In a public meeting in Carbondale in Nov.1993, Steve <br /> Renner, the head of the coal program of DMG, acknowledged that <br /> from the standpoint of reclamation closure of the roads might be preferabl <br /> but claimed that the state was legally unable to change the plan <br /> Reclamation with Out closure of thetads, is seriousy flawe'.d e <br /> both by failing to enhance restoration of the watershed and by <br /> Providing for motor vehicle access which is inconsistent with an-ticipated <br /> Post-mining uses of the Public land in the area. <br /> Thank YOU for Your assistance in pursuing this very important matter. <br /> CC;- kICKIAl /Z1 0/Z b A A] <br /> VSr5' co-,eff"4D.4z_c-I co, ike Mechau <br /> 13ILL ZT-OCHEM5 for the CVEPA Board <br /> fgEs. C v E P.4 Rt.#1 3542 Front St. <br /> RpD S-70V G" C48, Palisade, CO-81526 <br /> (tel. 243-5500 -day) <br />