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<br />Mr. Robert Liddle <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Department of Nautral Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 423 <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />Dear Mr. Liddle: <br />MINED LAND RECLAMA710N <br />COLO. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />As we discussed on the phone today, March 10th, this letter is written <br />to you in order to notify the Division that Snowmass Coal Company wishes <br />to conduct an exploration program outside of our permit area. The program <br />will consist of the construction of a weir on North Thompson Creek, upstream <br />from the mine permit area. The purpose of this weir is twofold; Snowmass <br />Coal wishes to obtain accurate baseline data on the amount of flow in North <br />Thompson Creek and, in addition, this weir will permit Snowmass to obtain a <br />realistic estimate on the cost of building weirs near the mine, and to deal <br />with problems encountered in construction of weirs in this area. <br />As shown in Figure 1, the weir will be located approximately 400 feet <br />upstream of our mine's surface disturbance permit area. This site was cho- <br />osen because it will allow us to construct the weir with the least amount of <br />surface disturbance. <br />In order to gain access to this location, Snowmass intends to blade a <br />road from the existing County Road to North Thompson Creek. All topsoil will <br />be salvaged so that we can reclaim the road immediately after the weir is <br />constructed. In addition, the road is located in an area where there are <br />no large timber stands. Therefore, no large trees will have to be removed. <br />As shown in Volume 1 of Snowmass' Permit Application, there are no en- <br />dangered wildlife species present in the mine area, nor is there any critical <br />wildlife habitat. Therefore, the weir will not pose any threat to the wild- <br />life in this area. <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiuiii - <br />999 <br />SNOWMASS COAL COMPANY <br />Mine Ol/ice: <br />P.O. Box 980 <br />Carbondale, Colorado 81623 <br />(303) 963-3440 <br />Denver O/lice: <br />March 10, 1983 <br />Suite 2300 <br />410 Seventeenth Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br />(303) 8251966 <br />RECEIVED <br />SAAR 141983 <br />