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NOV-16-2001 FRI 0129 PM FAX N0, 150]4521229 P, 02 .. 1' I \ Buckle Powder Co. A DNr° Nohnl Dlxlr ulor 421nvamase Drivu Earl Englewood, Colarodo 60112 u~ rl~riiir~i~ii iii DAN OO USA T°Iuplrono:303T907007 Fu: 3037907093 Dyno Nobel RECEIVED Rl1CKLEY POWDER MEMORANDUM NOV 16 2001 Division of Minerals ~ Geaogy To: Kent Gorham/ From: Scott li. I-Jarman $ llepartmcnt of Minerals & Ccology Subject: Appcat of Cessation Urder Date: November 16, 200] Per our discussion, this letter is to address the Cessation Orders (CO-200]-014 and CO-2001- 015) tlra! were issued to Lorcncity Coa] Co in Trinidad. Buckley Powder CO. is the blasting contractor for this project at Lorencito Coal. We have been eontracKed by Lorencito Coal to load and slrnot the overburden for their coal. When Lorencito received these orders, they sent them onto Buckley Powder Co. to address the problem. Buckley Powder Lo. is a 50% joint venture between the 13uckleys and Dyno Nobel, Inc. This year we culchmtcd our 80`x' year in the explosive business in the Rocky Mountain Rc~ion. Orit;finally, we only provided explosives to our customers. Then about 15 years ago, we started the sholrock division of our company. This division now does mine design, drilling, loading and blasting fix our customers. Our blasters are fully trained and have had the proper license required to hlast iu Colorado for the pall IS years. In those I S years, we have bccu shooting at the quarries and the construction sites. Unbeknownst to us, to shoot in a coal mine a difli:rent license was rcyuired. Thus in October we started to load and shoot at I,oreircitn Coal. Once we teamed that a different license was required to shoot al a coal mine, (the first cessation order) we signed up 3 of our employees to lake the test. At that time, we contracted with a licensed hlastcr, Jim Phillips, to oversee the blasting at Lorencito. Jim wtu only available for the 1 week (hc took a week vacation from his regularjob at Trapper Mine to be on site for that week at Lorencito) and our blasters took the license that Saturday (November 3"~). 'That Saturday, we were told that our 3 blasters passed the first 5 sections of the test (this part of the test was mttltiplu choice and was graded by the proctor), however the last section was essay yucstioru and wotdd he graded Monday by one of the board members. The blasters taking the Icst were told shat we would be able to proceed with blasting at Lorencito once the test was passed. 7'hc blasters were told they did not actually have to have the blasters license in hand, vcr13a1 assrrrmce that the test was passed was enough to allow us to proceed with loading and blasting. The actual license would be sent later. Assuming the tests to Ue graded Monday, we told Lorencito that we could not shoot until Tuesday so we could get the results of the test.