APPCOR13106

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 8/18/1981
• Doc Name: COMMENTS CONCERNING NORTH THOMPSON CREEK APPLICATION FN C-025-81
• From: MLR
• To: SNOWMASS COAL CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
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423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. [phone]
David C. Shelton
Director
August 18, 1981
Mt. Steve Self
Snowmass Coal Company
P.O. Box 980
Carbondale, Colorado 81623
Re: Comrrents Concerning North Thompson Creek Application
Our File No. C-025-81
Dear Steve:
The Division has identified an additional problem relative to the North
Thompson Creek Mine Application. This problem was brought to our attention
by representatives of Seavers Ranch and Development in a meeting held
August 11, 1981. She problem concerns the modification of an irrigation
ditch by Snowmass Coal Company to allow the construction of your loadout
conveyor system. The ditch is identified as Keiser Seivers Ditch and is
located approximately 200 feet below the Snowmass truck dump in Section
20.
Under Section 2.05.6(3)(a) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, the Division must insure that mining
activities are conducted to "ensure the protection of the rights of present
users to surface and ground water, which may be adversely affected by the
surface coal mining and reclamation activities" and to ensure the protection
of "the quantity of surface and ground water both within the proposed permit
and adjacent area from adverse effects of the proposed mining activities,
or where the protection of quantity cannot be ensured, to provide alternative
sources of water in accordance with 2.04.7(3) and 4.05.15."
In addition, the performance standards of Rule 4 under Section 4.05.15 re-
quires that "any person who conducts surface or underground mining activities
shall replace the water supply of any owner of a vested water right which
is proximately injured as a result of the mining activities in a manner
consistent with applicable State law."
The Division is concerned with the construction, maintenance, and reclamation
of this ditch, since it has been rr%dified by Snowmass Coal Company and the
ditch is a vital source of water to an adjacent ranch. Prior to permit
approval, Snowmass Coal Company will be required to supply the following
items as part of the pending application: