ENFORCE22277

• Permit No: M1977210
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 8/23/1989
• Doc Name: MLRB MINUTES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Minutes, August 23-24, 1989
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It was MOVED that the Board find the operator in violation for failure
to reclaim ands affected by mining operations, direct the operator to
continue reclamation and that a Civil Penalty be assess in the amount
of E200 per day for 60 days of disturbance or E12,000. SECONDED AND
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY (Danielson, O'Connor, Entz, Kraeger-Rovey and
Cooley) .
6. FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING
N File No. M-87-072
1683 Clarkson
Denver, CO 80210
All persons wishing to give testimony were sworn.
Sec. 20, T3S, R72W, Gilpin County, 2.5 acres. 110 gold placer.
Consideration of possible notice of violation, cease and desist order,
corrective actions and civil penalties for mining without a permit.
Staff related that the Division had been notified by BLM that there was
possible mining without an approved permit at the site. Staff
referenced the Division's file, regarding Mr. Conner, and briefly
presented a history of this matter. This application was approved on
May 27, 1987, with the contingency that the approval would be
contingent upon final local government approval. At that time, a
E1 ,000 bond and a performance warranted were requested. In June, 1987
the Division received a letter from the Gilpin County Office stating
that Mr. Conner did receive county approval. No further material or
information was available from that file. There is no financial
warranty nor performance warranty intact at this time, therefore, no
permit has been issued.
The site was inspected on July 21, 1989. Staff showed slides from that
inspection, and they were discussed. Staff presented ATTACHMENT B - a
Civil Penalties/violations Worksheet.
Mr. Stanley Conner related that he had been conducting assessment and
prospecting work at the site, while waiting for information regarding
the acceptability of a performance bond. He showed pictures of the
site that were taken approximately two years before his operation was
begun and answered questions from the Board.
Mr. Jim Perry, with the Bureau of Land Management, provided the Board
with information that one of BLM's Range Conservationist discovered
that Mr. Conner was placer mining in 1986. He showed snapshots from an
inspection that he conducted in September of 1986. At that time, Mr.
Conner was informed that he needed to notify BLM and MLR of his
activities. Mr. Perry answered questions from the Board.
Mr. Lee Jessie Peterson answered the Board questions, regarding old
tailings at the site and discussed discovery areas.