APPCOR12699

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 6/24/1981
• From: ARCO COAL CO
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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' Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5300 "
Denver, Colorado 80217
Telephone [phone] RECEIVED
Benjamin Costello, III
Manager
Permits and Compliance Group
JUN 2 4 1981
June 25, 1981
Mr. David Shelton
Mined Land Reclamation Division
Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources
Centennial Building, Room 723
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Gentlemen:
MINED L4ND RECLgMA.T10N ~ rC7gl
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Mr. Donald A. Crane
Region V
Office of Surface Mining
Roum 270, Post Office Building
1823 Stout Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Topographic conditions at the location for surface facilities of Atlantic
Richfield's proposed Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine as shown in Exhibit 3.1.1.D.
Drawing No. C-001, Page No. 1 are such that it will be necessary to
locate the proposed coal loadout, conveyor, and associated railroad
siding within 100 feet of the outside edge of the right of way of the
existing State Highway 133 (SH 133). Additionally, upon the Colorado
Department of Highway's (CDoH) completion of the relocation of SH 133 to
the south side of the North Fork in Section 9, T35W R90W, proposed
sediment control structures and the coal loadout conveyor and railroad
siding will be located within 100 feet of the then existing right of way
of tiie realigned SH 133. Pursuant to Section 34-33-114 (2) (g) (IV),
CRS of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, CRS 1973,
34-33-101 et seq., and Section 522 (e) (4) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act, PL 95-87, Atlantic Richfield is hereby requesting a
variance to allow construction of these facilities within 100 feet of
the outside edge of the existing and the to-be-constructed right of way
of the SH 133, a public road. Attached to this request fora variance
is a letter dated June 24, 1981, from Mr. R. Prosence, District Engineer,
CDoH granting their permission for Atlantic Richfield to locate these
facilities within 100 feet of the outside edge of the right of way of SH
133. This situation is not unique to the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine.
Virtually every mining operation in the valley of the North Fork above
Paonia, Colorado has some portion of its surface facilities in close
proximity to SH 133.
Atlantic Richfield has worked closely with CDoH on the proposed re-
location of SH 133 in the vicinity of the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine. CDoH
has held public hearings in Paonia, Colorado on the Draft EIS (November
2, 1977) and the Final EIS includes plans for the planned relocation of
SH 133. At the Informal Conference held May 12, 1981 in Paonia, Colorado,
to submit public input on the proposed Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine, na
mention of any concern with the location of surface facilities in relation
to the existing or proposed right of way of SH 133 was expressed or
implied. This is in light of the fact that Atlantic Richfield's permit
application for the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine, on file as a public document,
shows the location of all surface facilities in relation to SH 133 as
existing and to be constructed.
APCO Coal Company Is s Dlvis ion of Atlantic aicnlielUCampany