2020-06-18_ENFORCEMENT - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 6/18/2020
• Doc Name Note: Hand Delivered
• Doc Name: Cessation Order
• From: DRMS
• To: Mountain Coal Company, LLC
• Violation No.: CO2020001
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: LDS
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

COLORADO 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203
v d Division of Reclamation, P [phone] F [phone]
® Mining and Safety https://colorado.Qov/drms
Department of Natural Resources
CESSATION ORDER
Cessation
West Elk Mine
Order No.
CO -2020-001
Permit No.:
C-1980-007
Type of Mine:
Underground
Operator (If
Somerset, CO 81434
Other than
Mountain Coal Company, LLC
Permittee):
Mail Address:
5174 Highway 133
Somerset, CO 81434
Inspector:
Leigh Simmons
Person Served:
Weston Norris
(Signature of Person Served)
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Mine:
West Elk Mine
County:
Delta, Gunnison
Permittee:
Mountain Coal Company, LLC
Mail
5174 Highway 133
Address:
Somerset, CO 81434
Date/Time
of June 10, 2020
Inspection:
Served by: James Stark
(Signature of Authorized Representative of the
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety)
Date and Time of Service:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has conducted an inspection of the above mine, has made the
findings stated in the attached schedule and hereby finds, for good cause shown, that a Cessation Order must be
issued with respect to each of the conditions, practices, or violations listed in the attached schedule. This Order
constitutes a separate Cessation Order for each condition, practice, or violation listed.
In accordance with Section 34-33-123 of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, you are ordered to
CEASE IMMEDIATELY the operations described in the attached schedule and to perform the affirmative
obligations (if applicable) described in the attached schedule within the designated time for abatement. Reclamation
operations not directly the subject of this Order shall continue while this Order is in effect.
You are responsible for doing all work in a safe manner in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
The undersigned finds that cessation of mining is is not X expressly, or in practical effect, required by this
Notice. For this purpose, "mining" means extracting coal from the earth or from a waste pile and transporting it
within or from the mine site.
This Order shall remain in effect until the condition, practice, or violation has been abated, or until it is modified,
terminated or vacated in writing by an authorized representative of the Division, or by the Mined Land Reclamation
Board.