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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />7373 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303)832-8706 <br />June 17, 2002 <br />DIVISION O E <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Mr. Ron Leef Governor <br />20501 Colorado State Hi,,,~y7.,wa 12 Greg E. Walther <br />y= y Executive Director <br />Weston, CO 81091 Ronald w. canany <br />Acting Division Director <br />Re: Citizen's Request for Inspection of May 23, 2002 <br />Lorencito Canyon Coal Mine, Lorencito Coal Company, LLC <br />DMG Permit No.: C-1996-084 <br />Dear Mr. Leef: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology received your request for inspection on May 23, 2002. We <br />conducted our inspection on May 24, 2002. We have prepared the attached report in response to <br />your request. <br />Based upon our investigation and evaluation, we did not find evidence cleazly indicating that the <br />cause of the rockfall onto State Highway 12 that occurred on May 23, 2002 was directly related to <br />the blasts from the Lorencito Canyon mine that were the subject of this review. <br />We have, however, concluded that surface blasting operations conducted during the blasts <br />reviewed were not fully in compliance with the approved DMG permit, the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act (Act), and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining (Regulations). <br />We have therefore issued an Notice of Violation to Lorencito Coal Company for failure to conduct <br />surface blasting operations at the Lorencito Canyon mine in accordance with the Act, the <br />Regulations, and the approved DMG permit. Thank you for you participation in this matter. <br />Should you wish to contest this investigation or the Division's actions, please contact me. <br />Since <br />r <br />Daniel I. Hernand~ <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Cc: David A. Berry, DMG <br />Kent Gorham, DMG <br />Eric Addington, Lorencito Coal Company <br />