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• • III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 131 7 Sherman SL, Room ? 15 II~ Denver, Galorado 80203 Phone: I;031 866-356i FA%: 003) A32-8106 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL DATE: July 11, 1996 RESOURCES Roy Romer TO: NOTICE OF VIOLATION FILE: C-96-013 governor lames S Lochhead &e<uLVe Director FROM: David Beny Michael B. Long Division D~reaor RE: TELEPHONE LOG -West Elk Mine - C-80-007 At approximately 4:15 p.m. (today), I spoke with Norm Avery and Christine Johnston via telephone. • Norm stated that the mine staff had a meeting scheduled with Scot Anderson, but that meeting had been canceled and they had been waiting to submit permitting information until after they spoke with Scot. • Nonn stated that permitting and violation related materials would be submitted to us by July 17, 1996. • Norm stated that all soil materials had been moved from the refuse pile benches. • Norm stated that soil has been placed on the west flank of the refuse pile as reclamation. The soil is banned at the top of the slope, and as refuse is placed in additional lifts, a refuse berm will be used to keep refuse away from the soil. • Norm generally described the drainage scheme at the pile top and on the refuse pile bench. • Norni stated that there is still a ramp to the lower bench. • Norm stated that topsoil has been placed on the unpennitted east pile. The current ground configuration now includes a small subsoil pile to the southwest (refuse pile top), a small topsoil pile to the northwest (refuse pile top) and the large unpermitted pile to the northeast (refuse pile top). • Norm stated that they laid a subsoil "bridge" about 3 to 6 inches deep along the refuse pile surface from the northwest topsoil pile to the unpermitted east topsoil pile. They are using a dozer to push the western topsoil across this path to the eastern pile. I stated that this was not approved and might result in unnecessary loss of soil. Norn) stated that he understood my point. Nonn stated that the dozer was being used to move the small topsoil pile since last night.