ENFORCE30766

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 6/9/2005
• Doc Name: Abatement Extension Memo
• From: Daniel Hernandez
• To: Ronald Cattany
• Violation No.: CV2004001
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1373 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RE CLA NATION•NINING
EAFETY•SCIFNCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Date: June 9, 2005
Russell George
Enecutive Director
To: Ronald W. Cattany, DMG Division Director Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
'jl ~ Natural Resource Trustee
From: Daniel I. Hernandez, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist V
Re: Request for Fourth 90-Day Extension of NOV Abatement Deadline
Colowyo Coal Company, The Colowyo Mine, DMG Permit No. C-81-019
DMG Notice of Violation CV-2004-001
The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) issued Notice of Violation (NOV) CV-2004-001 to
Colowyo Coal Company (CCC) on June 22, 2004. This NOV was issued to CCC for conducting
surface coal mining operations at the Colowyo Mine in unleased federal coal without appropriate
State and Federal approvals.
The DMG NOV contained the following abatement steps:
(1) By July 9, 2004, CCC was to submit a Minor Revision to its DMG permit to identify
the area where the violation had occurred;
(2) By July 9, 2004, CCC was to inform DMG of its intent to apply to the US Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) for approval to continue mining in the area of the
violation; and
(3) Either
(A) By July 30, 2004, CCC was to provided documentation to DMG that all actions
required by BLM to resolve the matter had occurred, if CCC decided to not
pursue further mining in the area;
Or
(B) By September 21, 2004, CCC was, upon receiving approval from BLM to
continue mining in the area of the violation, to submit a Technical Revision to its
DMG permit requesting expansion of current mining operations into the area of
the violation, and to obtain all necessary US Office of Surface Mining (OEM)
approvals.
CCC abated Steps (1) and (2) on July 9, 2004. CCC submitted a Lease Modification Application to
BLM on August 18, 2004, which consequently triggered the September 21, 2004 abatement date of
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