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., ~ <br />~~I~~II~~ I~~ <br />~~~ I ~~I 999 <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS <br />BOARD OF LAND APPEALS <br />Appeal of Jim Tatum and <br />Associates <br />Docket No. IBLA 96-91 <br />RECEIVED <br />NOV j g ~g~g <br />Division of M~e~als 8 C~i~, <br />OSM Ten Day Notice No. <br />93-020-370-005, violation <br />No. 1 and No. 3 of 3 <br />Date: April 7, 1997 <br />ANSDQBR TO APPELLANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL AND STATEMENT OF REASONS <br />CONIES NOW the Appellee, the Office of Surface Mining <br />Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), pursuant to 43 C.F.R. <br />§ 4.1284, and respectfully submits its Answer in the above <br />captioned case. <br />i. <br />On October 12, 1995, the Appellant, Jim Tatum and Associates <br />(the Tatums), filed a Notice of Appeal from a September 18, 1995, <br />decision of OSM Regional Director Richard J. Seibel. In that <br />decision, the Regional Director affirmed a decision by the OSM <br />Albuquerque Field Office (OSM-AFO) concluding that the State of <br />Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Minerals <br />and Geology (DMG, Colorado, or the State) had responded <br />appropriately to OSM Ten-Day-Notice (TDN) number 93-020-370-000, <br />violations 1 and 3 of 3. A related appeal styled Appeal of Jim <br />Tatum and Associates, IBLA Docket No. 96-90, was filed by the <br />Tatums on September 15, 1995. The companion case concerned <br />violation number 2 of the previously mentioned TDN concerning <br />