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Gb m, ~ c ~ Sr~ie <br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER <br />~,(s'ofI ~ i~ O:P,D~SR <br /> <br />,r~r : l~/ILi~13 <br />~0; <br />IN THE MATTER OF COLORADO MARBLE, LLC'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL <br />TIME TO UNDERTAKE BOARD-ORDERED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, FILE <br />NUMBER M-1987-028 <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") on <br />August 31, 2005, in Pueblo, Colorado for a hearing to consider a request for a continuance <br />to allow additional time to comply with Board-ordered corrective actions. The file number <br />in this matter is M-1987-028. Bob Holloway of Monarch Mountain Marble appeared on <br />behalf of Colorado Marble, LLC ("Operator"). Cazl Mount appeared on behalf of the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology ("Division"). <br />The Board, having considered the parties' presentations and having been otherwise fully <br />informed of the facts in this matter, hereby enters the following findings of fact, conclusions of <br />law and order: <br />The Operator received a Section 110 Construction Materials Permit on March 18, 1988 <br />and has extracted marble from a site located in Section 22, Township 50 North, Range 6 <br />East, 6`h Prime Meridian, Chaffee County, Colorado. The site is known as the Lily Mines <br />site and is permitted for 9 acres. <br />2. As the result of Division inspections of the site on September 28, 2004, the Board held a <br />hearing on December 15, 2004 and found the Operator in violation of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, Section 34-32-101 et seg., C,R.S. (2004) ("Act"). Specifically, the Board <br />found violations for conducting mining operations outside the approved permit boundaries, <br />failure to minimize hydrologic impacts to the hydrologic balance, and failure to salvage and <br />