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Minerals Pro9• Policy Adopted by MLRB 5/22/02 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman SS.,~ROOm 2l5 Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F Phone: (3D3) 856-3561 ~ ~ A'1 1 1Q F. -RA L S FP.>:: (303i 832-8706 & GEOLOGY TO: 14Sinerals taff R E C L A M A T I O N MINING•SA FETY FRObI: ~Bg Bill Owens Governor .><TE: p'ebruary S, 2002 (printed fFpTid 30,.2002) Greg E. Walther .. Executive D?rector Michael 8. lLng ~: minerals Program Notifieahon Of TOxtC OT Division Dire<ror Ha~ardaus Materials Spidls at one Sites Mininzo~rators find it necessary to use andLo_r store~ateriaLs_classified_asloxic-or-hazardous---- wirhinthe mining permit area. 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 maybe 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: 1.. 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 andfor store toxic or hazardous materials within the mining germit area, 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 Enviranment, 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 (303) 832-8106. The FAX shall include acall-back numher of a responsible company official, for DMG staff to use as a contact."