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- - t ~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII •.vr <br />'p~MENT OF rryE~ • uNi- ~ <br />~"` Zo United States Department of the Interior a~'ntE°E <br />a ~~ <br />_ OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING~~~ <br />M~acN a +a~~ Reclamation and En[orcement ~ ~ <br />$Utte 1200 IN RFPLYRFiFR TQ <br />505 Marquette Avenue N.W. <br />Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 <br />NOV.1 61993 <br />Dr. W. D. Corley, Jr. <br />The Corley Company <br />P.O. Box 1821 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901 <br />Dear Dr. Corley: <br />This year the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is <br />preparing an evaluation of the performance of Colorado's Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (DMG) regarding the handling of citizen complaints. OSM is the Federal <br />agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which has been charged with <br />preparing yearly evaluations of DMG's performance with respect to the State's <br />regulations for coal mining, environmental compliance, and reclamation. <br />Colorado's regulations require that DMG investigate complaints filed by citizens <br />who allege problems about coal mining. OSM regards DMG's responsiveness to <br />and handling of such complaints as important indicators of the quality of DMG's <br />required regulatory performance regarding public participation in coal mining <br />issues. The evaluation which OSM is preparing this year will include citizen <br />complaints filed with DMG, or handled by DMG, during the period of July 1, 1992, <br />through June 30, 1993. <br />DMG records indicate that you filed two or more citizen complaints with DMG <br />during the latter half of 1992 and the first half of 1993 regarding the GEC Mine <br />near Florence, Colorado. Your complaints allege the possible failure by the <br />Harrison-Western Corporation to maintain sediment and drainage controls, <br />Harrison-Western's construction or extensive regrading of a possibly unpermitted <br />road, and GEC Mineral's failure to reclaim the minesite. <br />I have enclosed a questionnaire about DMG's handling of your complaints which I <br />hope you will take a few minutes to respond to and then return to me. Your <br />answers and comments entered on the questionnaire will assist OSM in evaluating <br />DMG's responsiveness to the public. If you need more comment space, please <br />feel free to include your additional comments on a separate piece of paper <br />