REV13707

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Mi nutt?s, October 16, 1991
DRAFT
Subject To Board Approval
estimates of the cost to complete the work at the site. If the
Division agrees with the operator regarding the cost to reclaim the
site, the Division will make a decision regarding further bond
release. Staff answered questions from the Board.
Presentation by Frank Johnson:
SUMMITVILLE CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY, INC. & File No. M-84-157
GALACTIC RESOURCES, INCORPORATED
P. 0. Box 2G
Del Norte, CO 81132
Secs. 25, 29 and 30, R3E; Sec. 25, R4E, T3N, N.M.P.M., Rio Grande
County, 1,231 acres; 112 open pit mine and cyanide heap leach facility.
Consideration of amendment to Compliance Plan.
Mr. Frank Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, clarified that this
matter is a continuation of the hearing conducted regarding 3 NOVs
issued to the operator in Auqust. He distributed ATTACHMENT D - a
proposed amendment to the Settlement Agreement, including a Compliance
Plan which has been incorporated into a Board Order. A provision of
the Board Order was that any changes to the compliance schedule had to
be in writing, signed by the various parties to the Settlement
Agreement and approved by the Board.
The Compliance Plan required SCMCI to cease all land application of
treated waste water by October 30, 1991. Under the terms of the
Compliance Plan, SCMCI can only discharge from the heap by direct
discharge from the treatment plant.
Mr. Johnson stated that SCMCI has experienced problems with the
treatment plant which has caused a requirement for additional
modifications. He said SCMCI has stated that because the plant needs
to be tested, they may require leniency on effluent limitations
contained in their CPDS permit from the Health Department. Mr. Johnson
said he felt the parties could agree on a protocol and monitor the
situation closely (4 to 6 weeks). Therefore, the Division will agree
to extensions to allow testing of the treatment plant.
Mr. Dean Massey, an attorney representing SCMCI, said that extensive
modifications which had to be made at the site may cause the need f~i~
flexibility in the Compliance Schedul?. H? ;aid modification: a
being conducted at this time.
In response to a question iron; the 3oard, If:~. Massey st~`ed that -h~
issues being dealt with by SCMCI with the Division and 4lQCD at thi;
time do not relate to recent newspaper articles about SCl^CI.
For the benefit of a new Board Member, the Board requested that SCMCI
and the Division briefly provide background information regarding this
matter, including the type of mining that has historically existed in
the area, to whom the first permit was issued and for what type of
activity, when concerns at this site were acknowledged, amendments to