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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />7313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V 1 5 1 0 N O F <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 ~Vt I N E RA L $ <br />FAX: 1303)832-8706 ~ & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATION <br /> MINING•SAFETY <br />January 29, 2002 <br /> Bill Owens <br />Mr. Bill Westbrook Governor <br /> <br />Sopris Ranger District Greg E. Walther <br />E~e~~tive olrectnr <br />620 Main Street, P.O. Box 309 Michael B. Long <br />Carbondale, Colorado olvlslon oirecmr <br />81623 <br />RE: Coal Basin Mine Reclamation <br />Dea ~r rook: ~ L ~. <br />I wanted to take a moment to summarize the reclamation work which the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology plans to undertake at Coal Basin in 2002, and to <br />discuss a few issues we touched on during our site visit last summer. <br />Our primary efforts this year will be two fold: Stabilizing the pre-law coal waste <br />material pile locate adjacent to Coal Creek near the old Coal Basin town site, and <br />revegetating four Mine Bench Outslopes located beneath three mine entry areas. <br />Minor maintenance work, including noxious weed control, miscellaneous earth <br />work and re-seeding will be accomplished. <br />Uooer Coal Creek Proiect: This Project involves removal of coal waste materials <br />located adjacent to Coal Creek near the Coal Basin town site. The coal will be <br />removed from its current location, and will be relocated to a disposal site <br />approximately three hundred feet south. Topsoil salvaged from the disposal site <br />will be placed over the coal materials and over the excavation area, to the extent <br />that an adequate supply is recovered at the disposal area. Both areas will be <br />seeded following reclamation activities. We will construct barbed wire fences at <br />both locations upon completion of all other work in order to exclude cattle during <br />the first two growing seasons following construction. As part of this Project, <br />numerous shrubs will be planted at the base of the steep slope located south and <br />west of the coal pile. The shrubs are intended to act as a vegetative sediment <br />barrier in order to minimize the transportation of sediment from this area to <br />adjacent water resources. <br />In order to access the work area, the contractor will have to utilize the previously <br />reclaimed roads which extend from the Lamp House to Mine 5. When <br />demobilizing equipment from the Project Area, the contractor will scarify the road <br />