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<br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: 1303) 832-8106 <br />September 21, 2001 <br />Richazd Johnson <br />United Companies <br />P.O. Box 3609 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81502 <br />gEP 2 3 2a~Ji <br />pivision of Mlnelals and Geology <br />RE: Failure to respond to problems addressed at inspection of Norwood Pit #M-1988-037. <br />Dear Mr. Johnson: <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Greg E. Walther <br />EKeculive Director <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />This letter is to inform you that this Office has yet to receive United Companies responses to the <br />problem issues outlined in the Inspection Report for the Norwood Pit, Permit # M-1988-037, <br />dated 8/17/01. The corrective action date for these issues was established as 9/18/01, which has <br />now passed. The issues of mine plan compliance, reclamation plan compliance, hydrological <br />balance, adequate bonding and hazazdous materials containment are al] serious enough to bring <br />before the State Board for civil penalties and bond forfeiture if not corrected. This Office would <br />prefer to address the cited problems through cooperation with United rather than before the <br />Boazd. As part of the corrective action a Technical Revision (TR) was suggested. If it is United <br />Companies intention to go forwazd with that remedy, then correspondence verifying this course <br />of action needs to be supplied [o this Office. A reasonable time frame for completion of the TR <br />should be established between this Office and United to insure timely abatement of the problem <br />issues. In the spirit of cooperation, this Office is extending the response date to 10/18/01. If no <br />response is received by this date, the issues will be scheduled before the Boazd for appropriate <br />action. <br />If you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance, please contact me at the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 S. 3'~ Street, Suite 301, Grand Junction, <br />Colorado 81501. My telephone no. is 970.241.1117 and the fax number is 970.241.1516. <br />Sincerely, <br />s ~~~~e~ <br />-rV 1/l~~ ®Ir~~ly~90~ !B /~, <br />?4~~3~V(~ ~BL~~ (~®~~Y '~~'8,,,~ jam! <br />~~~ M-i58Fl-oj7 °'~ <br />9i~: ~ Ce07o <br />7t/oRw , ~- 9r <br />sW: <br />G. Russell Means <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />