ENFORCE33596

• Permit No: C1981048
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 10/10/1980
• Doc Name: PROGRESS REPORT FOR NOV 80-27 AND 80-28 FILE 79-53
• From: MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING INC
• To: MLRD
• Violation No.: CV1980028
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINERAL
RESOURCES
AND ENGINEERING, INC..
MS. CAROL PAEILKE '
Senior I~clamation Specialist
Mined Land l~clamation Division
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80208
Cctober 10, 1980
RE: Progress Report for NOV #80-27 and 80-28
Your File # 79-53
Dear Carol,

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Trinidad Sasin Mining, Inc., by consumating the succession of
operators request at the Trinidad Basin Mine, accegted the responsibility
of abating the above violations. The abatement date for each violation
is C~tober 13, 1980 and to abate the violation, Trinidad Basin Mining is
required to submit a Progress Import to MLR indicating what steps have
been taken to remedy the problems addressed in the respective violations.
The following information is submitted to satisfy the abatement conditions
noticed in violations 80-27 and 80-28.
Violation BO-28 - Failure to comply with Stipulation #3 attached
to Permit #79-53 by the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Failure to suiYnit
a plan in compliance with all applicable regulations for mining and
reclamation (or reclamation only) in Section 15.
Progress -Trinidad Basin Mining has initiated intensive exploratory
and environmental studies to establish a mining and reclamation plan for
Section 15. Upon completion of the exploration program Trinidad Basin
Mining will use the information gained from the program to determine if
mining will occur in Section 15 or if the area will just be reclaimed.
Mineral Resources and F1~gineering, Inc. submitted, on behalf of
TSM, a Notice of Intent to undertake an exploration program at the mine
site on September 5, 1980, and received approval to comr~ense the program
October 8, 1980. The exact location of the exploration program has not
been included because T'BM considers this to be confidential information
and presenting it herein would breach their request of confidentiality.
TBM has naa initiated the program and the results of the work should be
P. O. Box 758, Golden, Colorado 60401 Telephone [phone]