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:':~,7,:-:H EOWEN • FAX NO. • Rug. 12 1999 11:43RM P4 <br />3 <br />that a one-day civil penalty and staff time would be <br />appropriate in this instance, and so the staff would <br />recommend that $40,000 of that civil penalty be <br />suspended, assuming that the corrective actions the <br />Board requires are completed by the noted corrective <br />action dates. That's the presentation. <br />MR. PAULIN: Any questions of Mr. Dillie? <br />Seeing none, I assume -- <br />MR. DILLIE: This is Mr. Evan Melby, yes. <br />MR. PAULIN: Go ahead if you have something <br />further to add. <br />MR. MELHY: First of all, I didn't know <br />that a mining permit was required there. Bought the <br />land about seven years ago. The pit's been there for <br />25 to 30 years. When I bought the property, I bought <br />it from Tom Purvis. He said that him and the county <br />uses the pit. ('oayL,ef;T <br />Castillo County is one of the f~ore-st' <br />counties in the state, I do -- in the subdivision, I <br />do about 70 percent of their roads for them. They <br />come up once in a while and -- but I use this pit for <br />dirt, they use the pit for dirt and gravel, and I let <br />them use it at no charge. They usually ask me. <br />Again, i didn't know that I was supposed to <br />have a permit. I'm sorry about that. <br />Cordova, who put this complaint against me, <br />I -- people come to me to put in septic tanks and et <br />cetera, et cetera, driveways, and I asked him if he <br />wanted to put in the septic tanks. He said <br />absolutely, so I turned him over -- my Clients to him <br />to put in the septic tanks and I was going to do the <br />driveways, and he came and asked for some dirt from <br />the driveway -- I mean, from the pit, and I said, <br />"Sure," and he said, "How much," and he's a bar <br />owner, so I said, "A six-pack of beer." <br />And a few days later, he -- you know, we <br />got into a little argument, so he hands me a check for <br />$300. I said, "What's this for?^ He says, "For the <br />sand and gravel that I used out of your pit." <br />So that's where he says that yes, I sell <br />sand and gravel, and he is the one that had the <br />check. He handed it to me. <br />I understand that there's a. permit. <br />I -- absolutely. I have all the work done, and I will <br />follow all the rules and regulations. And my <br />stupidity, I understand, is -- might not be forgiven, <br />but I will at that time pay the penalties or anything <br />else that I have to do to continue. <br />I'll continue giving the county, once I get <br />a permit, the -- all they need, everything they need <br />