2013-08-02_REVISION - C1981016 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: C1981016
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 8/2/2013
• Doc Name: Termination of Jurisdiction
• From: DRMS
• To: Delta County Clerk and Recoder
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
COLORADO
DIVISION o F
Denver, Colorado 80203
RECLAMATION
Phone: [phone]
M I N I N G
FAX: [phone]
SAF ETY
August 2, 2013
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Delta County Clerk and Recorder
Mike King
Executive Director
County Clerk
Loretta E. Pineda
501 Palmer
Director
Delta, CO 81416
Re: Hawk's Nest Mine East and West Portals (Permit No. C- 1981 -016)
Bond Release Application No.1 (SL -01)
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division) has begun the process of
terminating its jurisdiction over the reclaimed Hawk's Nest Mine East and West Portals (Hawk's
Nest Mine). The Hawk's Nest Mine is located approximately 12 miles northeast of the town of
Paonia, Colorado and 3 miles east of the town of Somerset, Colorado on the North Fork of the
Gunnison River adjacent to Colorado Highway 133. The disturbed and reclaimed areas are
located in portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12, Township 13 South, Range 90 West of the
6th P.M. The former permit area under consideration for termination of jurisdiction is
approximately 2,050.0 acres of which approximately 513.0 acres were affected and
approximately 29.4 acres were disturbed. The surface is federally and privately owned and the
coal mined was also federally and privately owned.
The area has an extensive history of mining. The Hawk's Nest Mine was originally permitted by
Western Slope Carbon, Inc. (the operator) under Extraction and Development Permit No. 78-
155, issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board). On March 14, 1983 the
Division proposed its decision to Approve with Conditions the Hawk's Nest Mine permit and on
June 7, 1983 it issued permanent program permit No. C- 1981 -016 to Western Slope Carbon, Inc.
On December 14, 1988 the Board revoked the Hawk's Nest Mine permit and forfeited the
reclamation bond (in the amount of $624,803.05) due to a pattern of violations.
The Division, using private contractors and acting under the authority of the Board, began
reclaiming the site in 1990. The initial reclamation was completed at the West Mine.
Reclamation work included demolition and removal of structures, the backfilling and sealing of
six portal entries, the backfilling and regrading of the disturbed area and the revegetation of the
disturbed area. The work at the West Mine was completed in November 1990. Reclamation of
the East Mine was initiated in 1991. The reclamation work included demolition and removal of
structures, backfilling and regrading of the disturbed area and revegetation of the disturbed area.
Reclamation work was completed in November 1991. The remaining coal silos were demolished
and removed in June 1994. Backfilling and regrading, drainage control reestablishment, removal
of two sediment ponds, topsoil replacement and revegetation was completed in November 1994.
In 2000 additional reclamation work was completed at the East Mine, including noxious weed
control, erosion control, soil amendments and additional revegetation.
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