GENERAL43375

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/21/1998
• From: SNOWMASS COAL CO
• To: MLRD
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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P.O. Box 1354
Palisade, Colorado 81526
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July 17, 1986
h1r. Fred Banta
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division
423 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Dear Mr. Banta:
Effective September 1, 1986, Snowmass will no longer have representatives at
the mine site. This poses a problem regarding periodic CMLRD inspections of
the mine site. CMLRD regulations paragraph 5.03.3(2), Right of Entry, states
in part:
"Any authorized representative of the Division, upon presentation
of appropriate credentials, shall have the power to enter at reasonable
times, ..."
Snowmass submits that an authorized representative must have someone to present
credentials to before the representative may enter the mine site.
An additional problem exists if the Division's representative enters the site
while not accompanied by the operator's representative. The Division then
assumes what must be an uncomfortable position regarding potential accusations
of theft or vandalism, especially if the representative circumvents locked
gates.
Snowmass proposes a rather simple solution to both problems. If the Division
will call our Palisade office 24-hours prior to an inspection, Snowmass will
arrange for an operator's representative to meet with the Division's representative
to check credentials and accompany the representatives on the mine site tour.