GENERAL53367

• Permit No: C1981016
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/20/1993
• Doc Name: HAWKS NEST REFUSE DISPOSAL AREA C-81-016
• From: DMG
• To: LARRY ROUTTEN
• Permit Index Doc Type: RECLAMATION PROJECTS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLOlZADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmem of Natural Resources
1 313 Sherman 51 ,Room ? I S
Denver, CO 80?03
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
DATE: August 20, 1993
TO: Larry Routten
FROM: Erica Crosby
RE: Hawk's Nest Refuse Disposal Area
C-81-016
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Roy Romer
Governor
M ¢hacl B. Long
D rvisinn Director
As you know, I've been working on a reclamation plan for the Hawk's
Nest Coal Silo Facility. One aspect of the reclamation plan
involves removal of the coal waste on the Hawk's Nest site and
disposing of it in the Hawk's Nest Refuse Pile. I have been
speaking with Bruce Burturm of the County Health Department for
several months to determine the best location to haul and dump the
refuse material. Up until a few weeks ago, I was lead to believe
that the County would have no objection to disposal of this
material in the refuse area (the permitted area for Hawk's Nest).
However, recent conversations with Bruce Burturm has resulted in
more obstacles. Delta County has various requirements DMG must
commit to before coal waste can be disposed in the refuse pile.
1. The coal waste must be sampled by our lab (CTE) to assure
that it is suitable cover for the landfill. According to Janet
Binns, this would cost $200.
2. DMG would have a disposal fee of $5 a cubic yard. The
disposal fee could be reduced to $2 or $3 a cubic yard if DMG does
its own compacting.
3. DMG needs to re-divert the landfill's diversion ditch
that is now directed into the refuse pile trench. The coal waste
material would be located in this trench. The diversion ditch
would be roughly 200 feet.
The future plans for the landfill are to use the existing refuse
material as an intermediate cover in the landfill. This would
essentially involve moving the coal refuse into the landfill
roughly 200 feet away. Several tests were conducted by the County
this summer and it was determined that this material was suitable
for an intermediate cover. Any additional material brought in by
DMG would most likely be used a available cover in the landfill.