INSPEC45174

• Permit No: M1995097
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DMG
• To: Wright & Preusch Mining Ltd
• Inspection Date: 10/29/2002
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Minerals Prog. Policy Adopted by MLRB 5/22/02
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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
' Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 -
Denver, Colorado 80203 - ~ DIVISION o l
Phone: [phone] ~ ~ MINE -RA L
FAX: [phone] ~ SL
GEOLOGI
TO: Minerals toff R E C L A M A T I O N
`y~ MINING•SAFETY
FROM: HBH r} Bill Owens
' Governor
DATE: February 8, 2002 (printed April 30,.2002) EXegmive D lector
Michael B. Lang
~': ~l1eTQlS PI'Oglaiti NOtIfCQ[lOq Of TOXIC OT ~ Division Director
Hazardous Materials Spills at Mine Sites
Mining operators find_i_t_necess-ary to use_and/arctore-materials classified as-toxic or-hazardous ----
within the mining permit azea. Such materials include liquid fuels (excluding liquefied. propane);
solvents, lubricants, coolants, reagents, pesticides, etc. Some of the mining operations we regulate ,
occur in or above alluvial ground water systems adjacent to stream channels. Other operations may
be located in, near, or over porous or highly fractured rock strata that may connect with near by
aquifers.
The Minerals Rules and Regulations define an aquifer as, "... a geologic formation, group of
geologic formations, or part of a geologic formation containing sufficient saturated permeable
material that could yield a sufficient quantity of water that may be extracted and applied to a
beneficial use."
The Minerals Program is responsible for the protection of ground water, under the provisions of SB
181.
In order to fulfill our responsibility, it is necessary that the following Policy be instituted:
Where an aquifer, as .defined above, exists within the mining permit boundary or there is
connected to an aquifer at depth and the mining operation intends to use and/or store toxic or
hazardous materials within the mining permit azea, the Office must include the following
condition in all application approvals:
"A.reportable spill is a spill of any toxic or hazardous substance (including spills of
petroleum products) within the permit area reportable to any Division of the
Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, the national Response
Center, the Colorado Emergency Planning Commission, a local Emergency Planning
Commission, a local Emergency Planning Committee, or the State Oil Inspector.
The operator shall notify the Office of a reportable spill within the permit area using
the same timeframe required by the permit, license, notice, Act, Rule or Regulation
governing the reporting of the spill to.the appropriate agency. Notice of a reportable
spill shall be Faxed to: Minerals Program Supervisor, Division of Minerals and
Geology, FAX [phone]. The FAX shall include acall-back number of a
responsible company official for DMG staffto use as a contact."