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H - G COAL COMPANY <br />MINC oPERAnoNs <br />P. O. eox 771 <br />HAYDEN, COLORA00 81838 <br />(30Cn 2763118 <br />January 11, 1988 <br />Ms. Sandy Brown <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />423 Centennial Bldg. <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiuiii <br />WBINE88 OFFlCE <br />5731 STATE HIONWAY 13 <br />MEEKER. COLORADO 81&11 <br />(303) 62/J461 <br />f~~ /~Ity 7 <br />~: ~ t ~ ~~ <br />`1 AN 1 ~ 19gg <br />~~~~A1M.aTQ ~~~SIp <br />N <br />RE: H-6 MINE, PERMIT /C-80-003 <br />Dear Sandy: <br />This letter will serve as a <br />conversation of January 8, 1988. <br />follow-up to our telephone <br />As I discussed with you, we are concerned with two issues. The <br />first issue is to request further clarification of the Inspection Report <br />summarizing the inspection of the H-G mine on October 14-16, 1987. In <br />particular we would like further clarification of the results of the <br />topsoil survey. As we discussed, we feel that since the Division could <br />only drill to a depth of 24 inches, the statement that "the average depth <br />was 21.75 inches" would be based on a biased sampling technique. We <br />believe the Division's depth sampling results are not entirely <br />representative of the topsoil deaths at the mine. <br />The second issue involves a commitment by the Division based on <br />this and past field surveys that the replaced topsoil depth meets the <br />requirements of the reclamation plan. This commitment would be in the <br />context of the necessary partia] bond release requirements. Although we do <br />not request any specific topsoil related reduction in the bond at this <br />time, a determination by the Division that replaced topsoil depths are <br />adequate will hasten the release of the mine operator's obligations in this <br />issue. <br />