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<br />9 <br />message that there is at least one vote on the Board in favor of ending this matter <br />immediately by simply revolting this permit and forfeiting the bond ... if we wind <br />nP with ... a booth of excuses for things not getting dose." <br />16 Feb. '95 COM, Inc. (Thames Hartley) submits adequacy response to DMG Adequacy Review <br />Letter dated 4 Jan. '95. <br />1'7 Feb. '95 Staff (W. York-Feirn) Memo to File, subject: telecon COME (R. Mason) regazding <br />comments oa COM, loc. permit application. `- <br />20 Feb. '95 The COME submitted alive-page writtea Statement of Commeats and Objections w the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, consisting of an abbreviated review of the application <br />of CUM, loc. for a limited impact permit for the Gold Hill Mill. It included a <br />statement u w the possible illegality of permittittg the mill as a stand-alone <br />operation is a .Forester Zone. <br />21 Feb. '95 Staff (W. York-Fenn) Memo w File, subject: Gold Hill Mill Permit Appiication, <br />regarding meedag with T. Hartley, R. Fanyo (att'y) and Division Staff w assess status <br />of permit application. <br />28 Feb. '95 DMG (A. Soreasoa, B. York-Feirn) inspection report identifies too PB associated with <br />insttfficimt stooge capacity in the tailings pond to contain runoff from the design storm <br />(100 yr., 24 hr., 4.6"). Observation section specifies meaning of freeboard, identifies <br />available impoundmeac volume, and s~~~+ a~~es calculated swan flow rates and total <br />water volume. Corrective action imposes a regniremeat for establishment of four <br />(4) feet of normal freeboard by 6/7195. This has never beta auompliahed. <br />Note: By the definition given at p3 of this htspectioa Report, the 'normal freeboard' <br />of the tailings pond does not exceed twelve to fifteen inches (estimated), and may ` <br />be negative as of 3 Sept. '47. <br />2:8 Feb. '95 DMG (M. Long) ltr w COM, loc. (T. Hartley), MOD[F1ED NOV and Board Order <br />No. M-95-001. Board issues CdtDO on use of mill and tailings impoundment pending <br />submittal of a new permit application incorporating properly mgiaeered solutions w the <br />/act of safe Freeboard in the impoundment, instability of the currently deposited <br />tailings, and cleanup of the tailings is the mill building. Civil penalty assessed of <br />55,000, due on 15 June 'y5. <br />7' Mar. '95 Division Staff meeting with COM, loc. representatives to discuss tailings impoundment <br />and existing retaining embaal®rnt. 'immediate concern is lack of storage opacity <br />to prevent overtopping during storm.' Discussion of engineering characteristics of <br />existing dam and considerations applicable to upstream raises. <br /> <br /> <br />