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. ;, <br />, <br />III iilllllllllll III <br />~~5~ <br />~Frrn~~n <br />SEP Y 6 '194 <br />Civi5i0n Ot 6Unei:il5 ~ U°0'OOy <br />GALE A. NORTON <br />Attorney General <br />STEPHEN K. ERKENBRACK <br />Chief Deputy Attorney General <br />TIMOTHY M. TvhlKOVlcx <br />Solicitor General <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />OFFICE OF 7HE ATTORNEY GENERAL <br />September 15, 1994 <br />STATE SFnVICES BUILDING <br />1525 Sherman Street - Slh Floor <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 8664500 <br />FAX (303) 866-5691 <br />C O N F I D E N T I A L M E M O R A N U _U_M <br />PRIVILEGED ATTORNEY-CLIENT MEMORANDUM NU'P `PG BE PLACED IN <br />CENTRAL FILES. ANY CIRCULATION OR DISTRIBU7'lON TO PER- <br />SONS OUTSIDE THE EMPLOY OF THE CLIENT MAY WAIVE THE PRIV- <br />ILEGE. <br />TO: Mike Long, Director, Minerals and Geoloyy <br />Susan McCannon, Coal Program Supervisor <br />FROM: Stephen M. Brown~~~ <br />Assistant Attorney General <br />Natural Resources Section <br />RE: Informal Opinion on Likelihood <br />Against American SLie1J i..,,,1 Cu <br />Fruita Underground Mine (F'nlita <br />C-79-6D. <br />I. Introduction. <br />uE Surcrsstul i'ourt Action <br />Lu L•'llwin.~i~; Iliyhwt,ll at <br />Mine), Inter lw l'~Crnll No. <br />In your May 12, 1994 memorandum to this office, you re- <br />quested that we review the Fruita Mine record, the Colorado Sur- <br />face Coal Mining Reclamation Act (Act), and the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board Rules For Coal Mining (Rules) "to deter- <br />mine whether litigation to cortlpel complete highwall elimination <br />of the Fruita Mine is warranted." A brief chronology of the <br />facts as I understand them, my legal analysis, and my conclusion <br />and recollunendation follow. <br />