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i III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~ 999 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL OPERATION ~n~p',t~C'" ~~. 110. 111. 112. AND EXPLORATION OPERATIONS ``~.~'~v'„~} `a Violation Presentation Form S GENERAL INFORMATION = ~4 Inspection Date: 2/27/95 Commodity: Sd and Gravel File No.: M-80-233 Permitted Acres: 5 Permittee: Costilla County Existing Bond: None Operator: Costilla County Adequate?: Not Applicable Location: SW SE Sec. 21, T30S, R72W 6th P.M. Specialist: JCS NATURE AND DURATION OF THE VIOLATION(S): County failed to respond to the Division's request for information necessary to establish permit conditions protective of unclassified groundwater by July 1, 1995 although notified to do so some 90 days in advance of that date and of the evidence that there was reasonable potential for degradation o[ groundwater quality in the area of the pit that could adversely affect the local use. Duration, since July 1, 1995, is now 208 days. SERIOUSNESS: Administrative, describe - Onsite damage, describe - Offsite damage, describe - Health or safety hazard, describe -At the time of the original inspection, the County was using the pit as a landfill, which was the approved post mining land use. There was, however, no screening of the materials disposed in landfill and a dead animal was on site intended for burial in the landfill. The pit is unlined; the depth of pit was approved to be 20 feet and the reported depth of groundwater in a domestic water supply well in the same quarter quarter section is 20 feet. HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS: When the possible violation was first presented to the August 1995 Boazd, Costilla County had been found to be conducting unpermitted mining at the Sierra Grande Site on October 25, 1994. Any outstanding corrective actions or civil penalties? The County has still not secured the permit required to abate the above violation.