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<br />COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
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<br />CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
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<br />Operator/Company Name: Location (Section, Township, Range):
<br />Rocky Flats Environmental Solutions, LLC, David
<br />B. Emslie, Paul Danio and/or their associates
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<br />Section 23, T2S, R70W
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<br />Address: Distance and direction from nearest city:
<br />David Emslie/Paul Danio
<br />309 S. Summit View Dr., Unit 16
<br />Fort Collins, CO 80524
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<br />Approximately eleven miles north of Golden, CO
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<br /> File Number: M-2020-044
<br /> Phone: (720)909-5988 County: Jefferson
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<br />Operation Type: Unpermitted Commodity
<br />Mined/Prospected:
<br />Mill
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<br />Authority for the issuance of a Cease and Desist Order by the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />(“Division”) is set forth in Sections § 34-32-121.5, 34-32-122, 34-32-123, 34-32-124 and 34-32-124.5,
<br />C.R.S., of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act (“Act”) and Rule 8 of the Mineral Rules and
<br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated
<br />Mining Operations (2 C.C.R. 407-1; “Rules”). As outlined in Sections § 34-32-122, 34-32-123, 34-32-142,
<br />C.R.S. and Rule 8.4, the Division has authority to issue a Cease and Desist Order for an activity suspected
<br />of causing an emergency situation and/or whenever an operator fails to obtain a valid permit before
<br />engaging in a mining operation.
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<br />The Division has determined Rocky Flats Environmental Solutions, LLC, David B. Emslie, Paul Danio
<br />and/or their associated are conducting unpermitted mining operations including the operation of a mill
<br />at the above-referenced site resulting in violations of Section § 34-32-121.5, 34-32-122, 34-32-123, 34-
<br />32-124 and 34-32-124.5, C.R.S., and an emergency health and safety situation could occur. The Division
<br />orders Rocky Flats Environmental Solutions, LLC, David B. Emslie, Paul Danio and its associates, to
<br />immediately cease and desist the operation of the mill at the above-referenced site and at any off-site
<br />areas. Until this cease and desist is lifted by the Division or the Mined Land Reclamation Board, no one
<br />associated with the operator, including Rocky Flats Environmental Solutions, LLC, David B. Emslie, Paul
<br />Danio or their associates, is permitted to enter the site to operate the mill or to conduct unpermitted
<br />mining operations or related activities.
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