GENERAL32138

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/29/1988
• Doc Name: Letter on obejection to expansion /blasting
• From: MLRD
• To: JENNI NAFF
• Permit Index Doc Type: BLASTING
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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~t~°,`~ STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
FRED R. BANTA, Dlreetor
June 29, 1988
Mrs. Jenni Naff
Mr. Ted Naff
P. 0 Box 266
Nucla, CO 81424
RE: Peabody Coal Company Permit Revision #2
(Nucla East area); Permit C-81-008
Dear Mr and Mrs Naff:
As discussed over the telephone on Monday, June 27, 1988 with Mrs. Naff, your
objection letter of June 18, 1988 pertains to the proposed Nucla East area
addressed in a revision application submitted to the Division by Peabody Coal
Company. As we further discussed over the telephone, the Division was
uncertain if your objection letter pertained to this revision application or
to the permit renewal application that the Division was proposing to approve.
You had previously, on February 11, 1988, submitted an objection letter to the
permit renewal application from which the Division requested some additional
information in our letters of February 25 and March 17, 1988. Since we did
not receive any responses from you concerning the additional information, we
sent you a letter on Mdy 18, 1988 specifying "...the Division has rendered a
proposed decision to approve this renewal application subject to one
stipulation. This decision will become final after the required public notice
and public comment period unless specific requests are made fora hearing
before the governing Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board." We were
uncertain if your letter of June 18, ]988 was sent to us in response to our
May 18, 1988 letter with enclosed proposed decision and findings of compliance
document. During our telephone conversation, Mrs. Naff specified that your
June 18th letter is objecting to the proposed mine located just west of Nucla;
that is, the revision application for the proposed Nucla East area.
With this clarification of your objection letter, the Division will hold a
hearing in the town of Nucla to allow residents to voice their concerns. Our
governing rules and regulations require that we wait until the end of the
public comment period before we are allowed to hold an informal conference or
hearing. The public comment period ends on or about July 18, 1988 and the
Division must hold the informal conference prior to September 16, 1988. This
letter is intended to inform you that we have received your letter and once
the informal conference has been scheduled we will immediately inform you.
215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. [phone]