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• <br />Minutes, July 22-24, 1992 <br />DRAT <br />Subject To Board Approval <br />Board Member Danielson said he agreed with the suggestion presented by <br />Mr. Cattany, with the exception of using a portion of civil penalty <br />funds to compensate the Division. As an example, he said under Sara <br />Title III, the Emergency Planning/Community Right to Know Act, if a <br />violation exists, the entity causing the violation is billed for the <br />actual cost of response by the agency(ies> providing the emergency <br />response, i.e., fire department, ambulance, etc. Mr. Danielson said a <br />threshold should be established with the operator being billed for <br />expenses after the threshold is reached. <br />Board Member Danielson said he felt the Division acted appropriately in <br />handling the Battle Mountain and Summitville cases. In order to avoid <br />these types of situations in the future, he suggested that -ule-making <br />include an additional requirement for a cover sheet on all permits <br />which lists the types and frequency of the operator's report <br />submittals, excluding emergencies. Mr. Danielson suggested that <br />another rule be established to address the issue of prompt verbal <br />reporting in emergency situations, e.g., Battle Mountain. <br />Steve Renner, Coal Program Supervisor, said that the Coal Pr•~gram has a <br />capability for providing Specialists with periodic updated information, <br />regarding when reports, etc., are due for submittal. He discussed the <br />process briefly. Mr. Humphries agreed that this type of procedure <br />could be adapted to the Minerals Program. Mr. Long assured the Board <br />that in the future the Division would be fairly stringent regarding <br />the types of baseline information requested, monitoring requirements, <br />etc., from potential operators of cyanide and other chemica ly treated <br />operations. <br />At this time, Bruce Humphries updated the Board, regarding the <br />Division's bonding initiatives for 110 and 112 operations. He said a <br />list of counties has been developed for which Staff will provide <br />reviews for 110 bond increases. Mr. Humphries also said that the <br />Division had aerially inspected 52 phased 112 operations t~ determine <br />if reclamation has been progressing. He said problems wer~? indicated <br />with regard to about 75% of the sites inspected. Mr. Humphries said 60 <br />inspections of this type will be conducted this fiscal year. <br />Mr. Long informed the Board that discussions regarding bonj indexing, <br />where bond amounts would automatically increase every two years, would <br />be initiated in August or September. Informal conferences will be held <br />prior to rule-making on this matter. <br />Regarding stormwater regulations, Mr. Long said the Divisior is working <br />with the Department of Health toward the development of MOUs. The <br />Division will have the responsibility for mining activities, as it <br />relates to stormwater. Mr. Long said he would talk with Dave Holm, <br />Director of DOH, regarding the Division's compensation f~rr its work <br />through DOH's stormwater permit fees. <br />Mr. Cattany stated that last year's passage of HB 1200 whict authorizes <br />a study of the transfer of the Water Quality Control Commi•;sion (WQCC) <br />to DNR is being implemented at this time. He said DNR and DOH are in <br />