ENFORCE31323

• Permit No: M1983141
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 2/28/1995
• Doc Name: GOLD HILL MILL & MINES PN M-83-141 MODIFIED NOV & BOARD ORDER M-95-001
• From: DMG
• To: COLINA ORO MOLINO INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
IN THE MATTER OF:
COM, Inc.
P.O. Box 17304
Boulder, CO 80308-0304
and
Mi Vida Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 1523
Longmont, CO 80502
MODIFIED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION M-95-001
AND
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
TO: COM, Inc. and Mi Vida Enterprises, Inc. and all other persons engaged in or owning oreontrolling the
following operation: Gold Hill Mill and Mines located in Section 12, T1N, R72W, 6th P. M., in Boulder County,
Colorado.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Pursuant to the authority vested in the State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board by C.R.S. 34-32-124, the
Board hereby makes the following Cmdings of fact:
1. COM, Inc. and Mi Vida En[erprses, [nc. are permitted to conduct a mining and milling operation under
the terms of Permit M-83-I41 located in Section 12, Township 1 North, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M.,
in Boulder County, Colorado.
2. The Mined Land Reclamation Board conducted a Formal Public Hearing on January 25, 1995 to consider
possible violation of the terms of Permit M-83-141 and C.R.S. 34-32-101 et s_eg.
3. The Division of Minerals and Geology presented evidence at the Formal Public Hearing on
]anuary 25, 1995, demonstrating that:
a. On September 21, 1994 the Board issued NOV M-94-042 to COM, Inc. and Mi Vida Enterprises,
Inc. for loss of containment of tailings from overtopping the tailings impoundment and outside the
mill building. The co-permittees were ordered to Cease and Desist all milling and mining on the
site until corrective actions spelled out in NOV M-94-042 were completed. One of the corrective
actions was to obtain a new permit for the mill and tailings impoundment which addressed [he
problems with these structures by December 1, 1994.
b. As of January 25, 1995, the new permit has no[ been obtained by either co-permittee as required
in NOV M-94-042.
c. On December 16, 1994, Tim Hartley officially replaced Wayne Tatman as representative for
COM, Inc. and began handling CDM, Inc.'s new permit application (File No. M-94-117).
d. Mr. Tim Hartley, COM, lnc., indicated that the freeboard in the tailings pond is 32 inches. This
has not been verified by the Division.
e. Mr. Tim Hartley, COM, Inc., indicated that two of We three standpipes in [he tailings
impoundment are functional. This has not been verified by [he Division.