ENFORCE26194

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 6/1/1993
• Doc Name: COLOWYO COAL MINE C-81-019 COMMENTS ON NOV C-93-72 AND C-93-73
• From: DMG
• To: DAVID BERRY
• Violation No.: CV1993073
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
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FAX: U03) A32 810(,
TO: v d Barry
FROM: Stephen ~athen
DATE: June 1, 1993
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Roy Ramer
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D rvision Duector
RE: Colowyo Coal Hine (C-81-019)
Coaents on HOV C-93-72 and C-93-73
ACTION HBEDED:
PLEASB COHH~IT PLEASE HANDLE PLSABE APPROVE
_ PLBaBB FILE PLEASE RETQRls1 _S_ PLEASE REVIEA
PE& YOIIR REQIISST FOR YOIIR INFOBHATION
COHl~d'P8:
I would like to comment on the two violations that Z wrote for the
Colowyo Hine: NOV C-93-72 and NOV C-93-73 as to Seriousness, Fault
8nd showing o! Good Faith.
NOV C-93-72
NOV C-93-72 deals with Colowyo's failure to suitably place and
protect topsoil. The topsoil in question was stored in a topsoil
windrow at the base of the section 16 mining area.
Background: Thin windrowed topsoil stockpile was added to the
permit during the PR-01 process. This addition was not noticed by
personnel in the Division until the permit revision was proposed
for approval. At this point some internal dialogue went on within
the Division as well as between Larry Routten and myself and Jim
Riqer o! Colowpo. The Division's concerns were that the topsoil
might be lost into the undisturbed area below and that runoff from
the undisturbed area above might collect along the topsoiled
windrow and erode it or reach erosive velocities along it. Colowyo
assured the Division that the drainage problem would be dealt with.
As it was by this time late Fall, it was decided that we would see
how the windrows (including an additional windrow constructed in
conjunction with the dragline movement to the Section 16 pit) fared
through the winter.