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iii iiiiiiiiuiiiiii <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />IN THE MATTER OF: Thomas Watson ) NOTICE OF VIOLATION M-91-089 <br />P.O. Box 1022 > CEASE AND DESIST ORDER <br />Montrose, CO 81401 ) CORRECTIVE ACTIONS <br />ORDER TO PAY CIVIL PENALTY <br />To Thomas Watson and all other persons engaged in or owning or controlling the <br />Watson Pit mining operation located in Section 7, Township 47 North, Range 8 <br />West of the 10th P.M., in Montrose County, Colorado. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />Pursuant to the authority vested in the State of Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board by C.R.S. 34-32-123, the Board hereby makes the following <br />findings of fact: <br />1. Thomas Watson is conducting a mining operation in the following <br />location: Section 7, Township 47 North, Range 8 West of the 10th P.M., in <br />Montrose County, Colorado. <br />2. Thomas Watson has not obtained a permit for such mining operations as <br />required by C.R.S. Section 34-32-101 et sec. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />You are hereby notified that the facts stated above constitute a violation of <br />C.R.S. 34-32-109(7). <br />This section provides in pertinent part: <br />An operator shall obtain a development and extraction permit from the Board <br />for each mining operation. <br />The term "operator" is defined by C.R.S. 34-32-102 to include: any person, <br />firm, partnership, association or corporation, or any department, division, <br />or agency of federal, state, county or municipal government engaged in or <br />controlling a mining operation. <br />