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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation. <br />Mining and safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />STAFF SUMMARY FORM FOR <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Date: April 11, 2018 <br />Operator: Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Permit No.: M-1980-244 <br />Permit Type: 1 I2d•3 Designated Mining Operation <br />Specialist: Elliott Russell <br />Action: Possible Violation of C.R.S. §34-32-121.5, Rule 8.1(a), and Rule 8.1(b) <br />Possible Violation pursuant to C.R.S. §34-32-124(1) <br />Resolution: <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (Operator) voluntarily consents to a violation of C.R.S. <br />§34-32-121.5, Rule 8.1(a), and Rule 8.1(b), for failing to notify the Office of a slope failure in the <br />Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility which may have damaged the geomembrane liner; and a violation <br />pursuant to C.R.S. §34-32-124(1), for failing to comply with a condition of the permit from Amendment <br />10 - Volume I - Exhibit U - Section 7.2.3 and Amendment 10 - Volume V - Appendix 9, specifically <br />addressing ore stacking and design criteria of the Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility. The Operator also <br />consents to a Cease and Desist Order, Corrective Actions, and Civil Penalties provided herein, for the <br />Cresson Project, Permit No. M-1980-244. <br />Chronology: <br />• December 16, 2017 - Date of slope failure in the Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility <br />• February 27, 2018 - DRMS site inspection, report signed and mailed March 15, 2018 <br />• March 15, 2018 - RTB signed and mailed to Operator <br />Reason for Violation: <br />As detailed in the Division's inspection report, signed March 15, 2018, the Division observed evidence <br />of non -crushed ore (run -of -mine material) end dumped in 200 -foot lifts from the 9,850 lift. The non - <br />crushed ore was dumped 200 feet to an area of down-sloping ground and contacted the Drain Cover Fill <br />for the geomembrane Iiner within the Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility. Additionally, the Division <br />observed crushed ore dumped onto the Drain Cover Fill from an approximate 10,050 lift, approximately <br />200 feet above the active lift and out of sequence with the loading procedures for the Squaw Gulch <br />Valley Leach Facility. The above mentioned activities are in direct violation of the Permit. During the <br />inspection the Division also observed evidence of a slope failure in the Environmental Protection <br />Facility known as the Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility. The slope failure observed at the Squaw <br />Gulch Valley Leach Facility may have damaged the geomembrane liner designed to contain and control <br />pF • Cp� <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.US tir <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Robert Randall, Interim -Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director,.�r,' <br />1876 <br />