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Minesite Inspection Narrative <br /> Inspection Dates July 7, 1993 <br /> Mine: Coal Basin <br /> Company . <br /> Mid-Continent Resources <br /> P.O. Box 1298 <br /> Glenwood Springs, CO. 81602 <br /> Mike Mechau, Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association <br /> Bill Jochems, Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association <br /> Diane Delaney, Mid-Continent Resources <br /> John Reeves, Mid-Continent Resources <br /> Bob Lawton, Forest Service <br /> Larry Routten, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> Steve Rathbun, OSM <br /> Thomas W. Wright, OSM <br /> Weather: Sunny and warm <br /> Comments <br /> This inspection was done in response to a citizen's complaint from the Crystal <br /> Valley Environmental Protection Association and Citizens Coal Council received by <br /> the Office of Surface Mining in Albuquerque on July 6, 1993. The State of <br /> Colorado was notified the same day, by telephone, that the inspection was to be <br /> conducted on July 7 and Larry Routten was present for the inspection. Bill <br /> Jochems and Mike Mechau of the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection <br /> Association accompanied OSM's representatives on the inspection. <br /> This complaint identified three areas for which the Crystal Valley Environmental <br /> Protection Association asked that Imminent Harm Cessation Orders be issued. <br /> These are #1) two openings created by demolition of structures, #2) the lower end <br /> of the Dutch Creek Flume and #3) two waste pile areas. <br /> The two openings created by structure removal was the first of the areas to be <br /> inspected. As a result of structure demolition shafts remain on yard above the <br /> facilities area. These are concrete lined openings with over twenty feet of vertical <br /> drop to the bottom of the structures. No barriers or warning signs had been placed <br /> around either of these, flagging around the upper of the openings was the only <br /> measure implemented by the mine. <br />