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:-_~ <br />~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />°` `°`° STATE OF COLORADO <br />~~~ <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />DAVID C. SHELTDN, Dlredor <br />February 24, 1987 <br />Mr. Roy S. Jackson <br />Area Manager <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Little Snake Resource Area <br />1280 Industrial <br />Craig, Colorado 81625 <br />Re: CYCC Phase I Bold Release Request, File No. C-81-071 <br />Dear Mr, Jackson: <br />Enclosed is a legal description of Colorado Yampa Coal Company's (CYCC) permit <br />area for the Eckman Palk Mine, Mine No. 1 and Mine No. 2 which is located <br />approximately 20 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. <br />CYCC has requested partial bond release for backfilling and grading for the <br />major portion of the affected lands within the permit area. At this time, <br />mining ahtl reclamation operations have been completed within the Mine No. 1 <br />and Mil^e No. 2 parts of the permit area and less than 1 year of mining remains <br />within the Eckman Park area (the southwestern portion of the permit). Both <br />federal surface tracts were included within the requested partial bond release <br />area. <br />In an inspection conducted last summer, the Division identified a number of <br />features including a grade reversal along the ridge crest and several over- <br />steepened valley bottom segments along the base of the spoils in Eckman Park <br />which were not in compliance with the approved backfilling and grading plan. <br />A Notice of Violation was issued. Subsequently, CYCC submitted a permit <br />revision containing various geomorphic, hydrologic, geotechnical and legal <br />analyses, the general intent of which was to document that the altered <br />topography would meet approximate original contour requirements. That <br />revision, which includes plans for stabilizing oversteepened channel segments <br />is currently under review by the Division. Our decision on that revision will <br />sigrii'ficantly affect our partial bond release decision, with respect to Eckman <br />Parka '- ' <br />We are tentatively planning .fo conduct the partial bond release inspection <br />pursuant to CYCC's request sometime in June. We will contact you at least 2 <br />weeks prior to our scheduled inspection so that we can conduct the inspection <br />,)ointly. By then, weather conditions should allow for a thorough inspection <br />and hopefully we will have reached a decision on the approximate original <br />contour permit revision. <br />423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. (303) 866-3567 <br />