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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> PFUT, <br /> 1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 <br /> Phone:(303)866-3567 <br /> FAX:(303)832-8106 <br /> DEPARTMENT Of <br /> October 18, 1994 NATURAI <br /> RESOURCE! <br /> Mr. Terry .S. Haugen <br /> Public Works Director Roy Romer <br /> Governor <br /> City of Trinidad James S.Lochhead <br /> P. 0. Box 880 Executive Director <br /> Trinidad, CO 81082 Michael B.Long <br /> Division Director <br /> Re: Reclamation of Linden Avenue Railroad Loadout, Trinidad <br /> Basin Mining Company, Revoked Permit No. C-81-048 <br /> Dear Mr. Haugen: <br /> Thank you for your letter of September 15, 1994 . We appreciate , <br /> your response, and would like to take this opportunity to discuss <br /> a few final items . <br /> With regard to your request for testing of the creosote content <br /> and acid generation potential of the coal at the loadout, we <br /> agree to add these items to the list of constituents to be <br /> analyzed. <br /> We would, however, like to request the City consider reviewing <br /> the results of a single five-location composite sample only, for <br /> the purpose of verifying the presence of hazardous waste, rather <br /> than the results from both a single five-location composite <br /> sample and the results from five additional single-site samples. <br /> The reason we ask this is that the analysis cost per sample, <br /> including the creosote and acid generation potential tests, is <br /> estimated by our contact at the analysis lab to be about $750 per <br /> sample. To conduct the six-sample (one composite sample & five <br /> single-site samples) testing scenario requested by the City would <br /> result in a total analysis cost of approximately $4, 500 . By <br /> testing only the composite sample, we hope to reduce our analysis <br /> costs to $750, and spend the remaining money for the actual <br /> removal of the coal to the City' s landfill, and the regrading and <br /> reseeding of the railroad area. <br /> With regard to the request for promixate and free swelling index <br /> analyses, we could pay for these additional tests if the City <br /> would agree to reviewing the results from a single composite <br /> sample. It is my understanding from the analysis lab that the <br /> additional cost for both the proximate and swelling index tests <br /> would be approximately $150 . 00 per sample. Again, testing a <br /> single sample would reduce our analysis costs and let more funds <br /> be used for the actual reclamation of the site. <br />