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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Deparmx•m ni Nnlu rat Resources I J I 1 Sherman 51.. Runm ! I$ Dcn.~er. Culur.ulo HO!II7 Phone' 11051 HLb J567 FA%' fU) 41 H i.' In OL November 30, 1995 Mr. Mark Kerr Landmark Reclamation Inc. 4901 South Windermere Littleton, CO 80120 RE: ApplicanUViolator System "Deny" Recommendation, Rimrock Coal Company, The Rimrock Mine, CDMG Permit No. C-89-074 Dear Mr. Kerr: ~~~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Rny Romer Lu~ernnr lamr, 5 I ochhead E.ec W rve Direclni Alec hac H Lnng Uniawn D'nec"n The expiration date of the CDMG permit for the Rimrock Strip Mine is December 12, 1995. A recent review of the ApplicanWiolator System (AVS) System has shown that a "Deny" recommendation exists for the renewal of CDMG Permit No. C-89-074. This "Deny" recommendation exists due to the administrative link between Rimrock Coal Company and Richard Randall of Randall and Blake, Inc of Colorado. Mr. Randall is currently listed in the AVS as having had an interest in Randall and Blake, Inc. of Oklahoma at a time when Randall and Blake, Inc. of Oklahoma was associated with certain Oklahoma operations that had received enforcement actions from the State of Oklahoma. Civil penalties issued to these Oklahoma operations currently total $90,000.00. It has come to our attention that Randall and Blake, Inc. of Colorado requested, and was recently granted, a second postponement of an Informal Conference scheduled with the State of Oklahoma regarding Randall and Blake, Inc. of Colorado's interest in these matters. The new Informal Conference is now scheduled for December 8, 1995. We sincerely hope that the December 8, 1995 Oklahoma Informal Conference results in the State of Oklahoma revising its AVS "deny" recommendation. Please understand that if the AVS recommendation on the December 12, 1995 renewal decision due date is "Deny", the Division will have no choice but to issue a proposed decision to deny renewal of the CDMG Permit No. C-89-074 (or the Rimrock Strip Mine. The AppllcanWiolator System (AVS) is a nationwide computerized data system developed by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) which contains information pertaining to ownership, control, and enforcement of coal mining and reclamation operations in the United States. Under a March 12, 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Colorado and OSM, the Division periodically reviews the information in this data system to determine whether any operations in Colorado are associated administratively with operations in other states that have any unresolved enforcement actions pending, any fees or penalties outstanding, or have had any mining permits revoked and/or bonds forfeited. Please contact me at (303) 866-3567 regarding this matter. Sincerely, Daniel I. Hernandez Senior Environmental Protection Specialist CERTIFIED MAIL NO. Z 416 876 555 Return Receipt Requested m:ross~mmvc~n.a~n