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JIM TRTUM 8 RSSOCIRTES TEL:713-995-7191 <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />8703 Bonlwmme <br />Hrnutory Texas 77074 <br />(713)995.7095 <br />ra~prr <br />(713)995-7191 <br />Nov 28.94 23 15 No .011 P.02 <br />iaw OfAees of <br />]im Tatum & Associates. <br />P.O.Box86 <br />12630 Hwy:12 <br />Westory Colorado 81097 <br />(719)86&3310 <br />Teleoopiei . <br />t719) e6s-2612. . <br />November 29, 1994 <br />Mr. Daniel Hernandez FAX NO. <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St. Rm. 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Basin Resources, Inc. <br />Golden Eagle and New Elk Mines <br />Mr. Hernandez: <br />(303) 832-81CIb'~." <br />In September, 1993, you. advised Ron Thompson. wit:li 13asin::. .;.: <br />that Dr. James A. Pendleton informed you that, if cer~tairi. <br />conditions were present,.i.e. sulfur content of ooal over , <br />0.25 percent; moisture content over 30 percent and wcygen , <br />available to the coal that spontaneous combustion <:ouid <br />occur in the coal stockpiled at the Saein New Elk mine. . <br />~ Please provide my Houston office with copies of Bat>in!s <br />response to your inquiry as well as copies of all i:este <br />performed on the coal stockpiled at the Sasin facility to <br />determine if spontaneous combustion could exists. <br />Does the problem of spontaneous combustion increas~a if <br />the stockpiles are allowed to increase in size beyond.., the. <br />approved permit allowance? ' <br />Ron Thompson advised you in November, 1993, that: the <br />"Maxwell coal is a higher rank, low moisture coal.'! '.Did <br />your office confirm this by testing the coal and if not"-why? <br />Does the state require periodic testing .of the <br />stockpiled coal? If so, please provide copies of the .,., <br />reports. If not, please advise why such measures area not <br />required in light of the potential safety factor. <br />Please direct youi prompt response to my Houston <br />office. Please provide copies of all NOV•s issued to Jdasin' <br />~;,~~. . <br />'-:^i',rya1'UYiI~aR[fe!LC~PY.'~•~•.~i.3; i~~, ~.,~n-. <br />'.~+,. , r.~ y. ... .. .. . <br />