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<br />s <br />estimate) flowed out of the building onto the surrounding giround, where it froze. <br />As of this evening, outside spillage had been 905b - 95 % cleaned up. Mill stab plans to <br />complete exterior cleanup tomorrow. COME records do not show any MLRD <br />response to this spill. <br />14• Dec. 'y4 Letter from MLRD to COM, inc. acknowledging receipt 12 Dec. of a resubmittal of a <br />permit application for the Gold Hill Mill; letter includes 2 112 page list of deficiencies <br />is application which must be remedied prior to commencement of technical review. <br />4 Jan. '95 Adequacy Review Letter from MLRD to COM, lnc. acknowledging receipt of a <br />"complete" permit application, but requiring completion of approx. 3 112 pages of <br />"adequacy items"; decision date by Division of Minerals and Geology of January 18, <br />1995. <br />l:t Jan. '95 Certiiicate of Analysis of water samples taken 28 December 1994 from three down- <br />gradient wells, plus the Haul A atilt. R. Mason participated in sampling and retained <br />control of samples thru the delivery to shipper. <br />2:5 tan. '95 NOV and C~DO iM-95-001 for failure w obtain a new permit on the Gold Hill <br />Millcite by December 1, 1994 as required by Board Order 1M-94-042; cease & <br />desist on nse of the mill and tailings impouadmeat pending a properly engineered <br />plan solving lack of freeboard in the impoundment, instability of tailings deposited in the <br />impoundment and spillage of tailings is the mill building. AssessM civil penalty of <br />55,000, 54,500 tv be suspended apon timely completion of corrective action (due <br />date of 28 Feb. '93). <br />301an. '95 MLRD Letter formally notiiying COM, lnc. of Board action; requires an approved permit <br />0o the site by February 28, 1995, on penatty of permit revocation and bond forfeiture '~ <br />(543,277); pay 55,000 civil penalty with T4,500 suspended upon completion of required <br />corrective actions by February 28, 1995. <br />6 Feb. '95 Letter from Mr. Bilt York-Fenn of MLRD furnishing partial transcript of boatel hearing <br />of January 25, 1995; rr...~.-ter by Board meatbers severely critical of CUM, Inc. <br />operation of the Gold Hill Mill. '... We would like nothing better than to not see you <br />all back here again ... ooe of the concerns 1 have iu 1 think that the track record up to <br />date has caused enormous damage to the credibility of the legitimate mining industry. <br />... we have a community up there that has every time it cotta around had its worst <br />suspicions realized or just simply been dealt with in this kind of way, people disappearing <br />and not r~onding to things. The mining industry doesn't have to go looking for <br />environmemal plotting and scheming to try to figure out where its problems are coming <br />from in this instarae because the problem's internal. The other thing is tha[ it has really <br />caused as enormous expense to the State. ... whoever is calling the shots in this <br />company took a long time to wake up and cost us an awful lot of expense and headache.' <br />"1 hope my nightmare doesn't come true and we don't come back with another cast of <br />characters ... but if we do wind up with that kind of thing, l hope you will send a <br /> <br />- = :~~`._ .._ :~~ .'.-_ _~I_.--~ -~-?- -- ?--- - 'f. .- it rt7p ~__,.t_.'. <br />