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MINLTI'ES FROM JULY 9, 1996 MEETING
Held at Division of Minerals and Geology offices
Present: Barbara Bowerman, Jim Fulton, Glen Golden, Larry Kline, Mitch Rollings,
Joe Wilcox - OSM
David Berry, Susan Burgmaier, Susan McCannon, Larry Routten -DMG
Purpose: Quarterly Oversight Team Meeting
Second Quarter
This meeting was originally scheduled for June 25, 1996, and was subsequently postponed.
OSM provided a copy of the final directive Reg-8, and their Mine-Site Evaluation Inspection
Report for the joint oversight inspection of the Foidel Creek Mine.
Jim Fulton briefly discussed the Government Performance and Results Act. Points made were:
® The goals of OSM and DMG should be one in the same
- delivery of SMCRA in Colorado
- preventing offsite impact, achieving reclamation success
® It may not be as important for states to show a 100% success rate right off the bat
as rt ~s to show a pattern of improvement
Items OSM indicated interest in discussing:
- Protocol on Special Focus Topics for Evaluation Year (EY) 1996
- Forum for resolution of technical and programmatic issues
- Scheduling for inspections conducted within Special Fows Topics
- Public meeting schedule for EY 1996 and EY 1997 plans
Items DMG indicated interest in discussing:
- EY 1997 Special Focus Topics
- Impoundment Rulemaking/Program Amendment
- Permitting materials distnbution
- Meadows No. 1 Mine permitting
Protocol for Special Focus Inspections
® Surface Water Hydrology Focus
The purpose of the focus is to assess whether off-site impact is occurring, and to compare the
results of hydrologic monitoring to predictions of the Probable Hydrologic Consequences (PHC)
of the operation made by the operator and/or Division.
There will be an ad hoc review team assembled for the review of each focus site, comprised of
DMG and OSM staff.
The review team will not focus on the appropriateness of the PHC portion of the permit
application, the approved monitoring program, or details such as sediment pond designs. The
review will commence with the assumption that the approved permit application package