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:~ : ~_ iii iiniiiiniiiiii <br />~. 999 <br />October 31, 1919 <br />r,~:,.;.r,~;~ "~r •w'MY: John llardaway <br />-. Office of Surface ttining <br />1823 Stout St. <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear John: <br />' Macar Mining Company's 0002 mining application was approved by the IIoard this <br />week. The company will provide the only source of coal for Gunnison and <br />. Saguache County School and institutions witYiin lU0 miles this oJinter. They <br />will be ready to cosnaence mining prior to our Board's next session. As you <br />know, they have been doing portal develop:~ent work to accomodate larher mining <br />equipment until now. 'raven so, production at the OCi,'2 mine crlll remain less <br />than 10,000 tons per year, for the foreseeable future. <br />.. Y , <br />Bob Hagen and I have enjoyed several opportu~iities Eor joint review of the <br />application. The company responded adequately to our first set of concerns. <br />Our review was predicated upon tV~e ut~deretandin~ that the application was <br />'''-`=~~ ~ subject to the revised 211 regulations which incorporated the interim ro- <br />~.:.. . <br />`?;a^~ ~:; ;...;•::, ;;_gulatory program and required subsidence monitoring. <br />>: fir.. <br />~~;~-~~'"' The company received 211 mine plan approval by U.S. Geological Survey on <br />`;~?. January 30, 1978. This approval covered all mining activities included in <br />.~;i." the` present application. Fox and Associates provided a subsidence evaluation <br />`'~; and monitoring plan and designed the sediment control system for the mine. <br />•,r: <br />"` ids foel that the subsidence program is adequate for now and our reservations <br />"'<-. concerning the sediment control system are noted with the attached letter. <br />~1.: . <br />~~~5 Macar understands that in order to obtain approval for mininE the adjacent <br />~~"~~ 120 acres of coal for which they have applied to the Bureau of Land Management, <br />they will need to submit an application in compliance with the final regulatory <br />''..' progrew. Accordingly, they leave contracted with Dr. Hugo Fercheau of the <br />iJastern State College to perform site specific soils analyses (eg. soil depths, <br />texture, type, suitability and chemical composition) and vegetation analyses <br /> <br />