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OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL <br /> MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. <br /> P.O.DRAWER 790 <br /> 818 ODIARADO AVENUE <br /> TELEPHONE GLENWOOD SPRINGS,COLORADO 81602 FAX <br /> AREA CODE 303 AREA CODE 303 <br /> 945-" 945.2303 <br /> September 12, 1991 <br /> RECE/j/6Mr. Thomas A. Hoots �j <br /> Supervisor <br /> White River National Forest OCT 2 2 1991 <br /> P. 0. Box 948 �me <br /> Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 Re��am dLarld <br /> Dear Mr. Hoots: atl on L)ivisiOn <br /> Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. (MCR) holds Special Use <br /> Permits from the Forest Service for mine service and haul roads in <br /> boAl Basin, Pitkin County, to serve the coal mines . These roads <br /> date back to the mid-1950s with subsequent changes and <br /> modifications over the years. <br /> A substantial concern has arisen recently over, what <br /> agency exerts primary jurisdication over environmental matters <br /> concerning the roads . As you know, for the last several weeks, an <br /> intensive survey has been performed in a cooperative effort as <br /> between the Forest Service and the Mined Land Reclamation Division <br /> CEP 13 'G'agncerning sedimentation control, revegetation and other matters of <br /> L <br /> w <br /> concern about these roadways. <br /> F��F-so <br /> SUPR Between Tuesday, Au gFriday, <br /> _ter y, gust 27 and the followin Ms. <br /> PAS - Donna Griffin of the Office of Surface Mining conducted an <br /> --PF&S inspection of the mine site including the roads on the forest. <br /> • N:?A <br /> AK: Two 10-day notices were issued to the MLRD, copies <br /> �;;oS/r�N <br /> attached, with directions for immediate implementation of various <br /> — --3activities, including road grading, revegetation and the like. <br /> We are in the process of complying with these <br /> requirements as best we can, but are not at all certain that they <br /> y will conform to the directions of the Forest Service, or that they <br /> sin meet Forest Service regulations . <br /> We respectfully request that you intervene to establish <br /> a more coordinated and orderly procedure with respect to inter- <br /> Si f9; <br /> .._R=agency inspection and enforcement. <br />