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<br />• <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />Hi Valley Paving <br />Nichols Pit <br />File No. 19-167 <br />Findings of fact and Conclusion of Law <br />1. Findings of Fact <br />A. Hi Valley Paving is the operator of a mining operation in the <br />following location: Sec. 21, R3W, T37N, N.M.P.M., Hinsdale County, <br />Colorado. <br />B. On January 23, 1985, during a Formal Public Nearing, the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board (hereinafter, the "Board") found <br />Hi Valley Paving to be in violation of Permit No. 19-167 for <br />failure to pay five annual fees totaling $250.00, and for failure <br />to submit the five accompanying Notices of Intent to Continue <br />Mining for the years 19$0-1984. <br />C. On January 23, 1985, the Board also moved the issuance of a Notice <br />of Violation and Cease and Desist order which mandated payment of <br />the five years of annual fees to the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division (hereinafter, the "Oivisian") and submission of a report <br />bringing the Division up-to-date on the Status of mining and <br />reclamation on the site of this operation. These items were to be <br />submitted to the Division by no later than February 22, 1985. <br />D. At the hearing on January 23, 1985, it was determined that back <br />annual fees for 1980-1984 had not been recieved by the Division. <br />It was also determined that an annual report for 1980-1984 had been <br />received by the Division on February 19, 1985. <br />II. Conclusions of Law <br />A. Based on the Findings of the Fact and pursuant to C.R.S. 34-32- <br />124(7), Hi Valley Paving has been found to be in violation of <br />Permit No. 17-167 by the Board, and the Board is exercising its <br />prerogative to consider civil penalties for the violation. <br />II. Board Order <br />A. Finally, based on these same Findings of Fact and pursuant to <br />C.R.S. 34-32-124(7), the Board hereby finds five days of violation <br />against Hi Valley Paving, at a penalty level of $200.00 per day of <br />violation, giving a total penalty of $1,000.00. The total civil <br />penalty in the amount of $1,000.00 must be paid to the Division <br />within 30 days of the signature date on this document unless the <br />operator requests reconsideration by the Board at the <br />March 27-28, 1985 Board meeting. <br />DATE: <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />