ENFORCE32078

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 5/23/2002
• Doc Name: Civil Penalty Assessment Memo
• From: Jim Stark
• To: Dan Hernandez
• Violation No.: CV2002007
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
REG~AMATION
MINING•SAFETY
INTEROFFICE Bill Owens
MEMORANDUM Governor
Greg E. Walther
Ezecutive Director
TO: Dan Hernandez Michael B. Long
Division Director
FROM: Jim S
SUBJECT: Civil Penalty Assessment for NOV CV-2002-007
DATE: 23 May, 2002
Attached is the file for Southfield Mine's NOV CV-2002-007. Included in the file is a
copy of the inspection report, a copy of the NOV, a copy of the NOV Modification
Notice, a copy of Southfield's 2002 Midterm Review, a Map showing picture locations,
print-outs of some of the pictures (the pictures are digital and aze located at
M:\coalUrs\CV-2002-007 Pictures and begin with Dsc00621 as picture 1), a letter to the
file from Dave Berry and an Extension of Time for Abatement Notice.
On 19 Apri12002 I performed my monthly inspection of the Southfield Mine. The mine
was in active reclamation with the facilities area having the topsoil replaced. I proceeded
to the azea of the Newlin Creek topsoil stockpile, which is part of the Southfield Mine's
disturbed boundary, to see if they had used this topsoil for reclamation.
When I started up the road to the pile it became obvious to me that there had been work
done to the road in the form of grading. As I proceeded further up the road I noticed
what looked like coal material, possibly from the Newlin Creek refuse pile that had it's
toe at the side of the road (pictures 23-25). Still further up the road I noticed that an
"Arizona Crossing" had been removed and water bazs that were in place for erosion
control (as part of an abatement for a prior NOV at the Newlin Creek Mine) were also
removed.
When I reached the topsoil stockpile (which had been removed) I could seethe difference
between the road before Southfield's use and after (pictures 20-22). The road had started
to fill in with vegetation and was basically atwo-track.
Upon returning to the office on 22 Apri12002 I looked through the maps of the
Southfield permit and the road was not on a disturbed boundary map, a road map, a
facilities map or any other map relevant to the azea. I spoke with Sandy Brown and we