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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />IN THE MATTER OF: Lincoln County ) NOTICE OF VIOLATION M-96-001 <br />P.O. Box 67 ) AND <br />Hugo, CO 80821-0067 ) CEASE AND DESIST ORDER <br />TO: Lincoln County and all other persons engaged in or owning or controlling the following <br />operation: Brent Pit, whose location is described below. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />Pursuant to the authority vested in the State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board by <br />C.R.S. 3432.5-124, the Board hereby makes the following findings of fact: <br />1. Lincoln County is permitted to conduct a mining operation under the terms of Permit <br />M-78-072 located in NW %< %, Section 1, Township 8S, Range 53W of the 6th P.M., in <br />Lincoln County, Colorado. <br />2. The Mined Land Reclamation Board conducted a Formal Public Hearing on January 24, 1996 <br />to consider possible violation of the terms of Permit M-78-072 and C.R.S. 3432.5-101 et sea• <br />3. The Division of Minerals and Geology presented evidence at the Formal Public Hearing on <br />January 24, 1996, demonstrating that: <br />Lincoln County had allowed mining-related disturbance to occur on 1.5 acres, <br />outside the boundaries of the permit area. <br />NOTICE OF VIOLATION <br />Based upon these same Findings of Fact and in accordance with C.R.S. 3432.5-124(6), the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board hereby finds Lincoln County to be in violation of Permit M-78-072 <br />and C.R.S. 3432.5-109. <br />CEASE AND DESIST ORDER <br />Based upon these same Findings of Fad and Notice of Violation, and in accordance with <br />C.R.S. 3432.5-124(2),(6) and (7) the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board hereby orders <br />Lincoln County to: <br />Cease and desist from conducting the mining related operations at the Brent Pit -Permit <br />M-78-072: on all lands outside the permit boundary, except that reclamation may occur. <br />