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IJCI'nRIMENI ttl Nl1TIIIiALRESOURCES <br />n rd.u n,. r.. r„~ L. ..m ~ nm~i~~ <br />M1NED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />DAVID C. SHELTON Director <br />PocharA D Lzmm <br />Go~~`niur <br />January 5, 1983 <br />T0: North Tiiocnpson Creek File <br />FROM: Robert Liddle !'~ ,~ <br />RE: Sumnary of the Events That Led to IJotice of Violation No. 82-69 <br />The following is a summary of the events that led to MLRD issuing Notice <br />of Violation No. 82-69 to Snowmass Coal Company, as prepared by Robert <br />Liddle on December 23, 1982. The violation was issued for failure to <br />construct the refuse area pond by the approved date. <br />Late 1978 - Early 1979: Snowmass Coal Company (then Anchutz Coal Co.) <br />constructed the sedimentation pond below the refuse pile. <br />May 7, 1979 - hILRD Inspection: Carol Pahlke and Roger Funston were <br />inspectors, Craig Sherwood was the Snowmass contact. <br />Inspection Report Record: "Cracks were forming in the dam <br />which forms a sediment pond at the toe of the refuse dump." <br />"Stability of this structure is questionable." No Division <br />action taken. <br />May 13, 1980 - MLRD Inspection: Roger Funston, inspector; Craig <br />Sherwood, contact. <br />Inspection Report Record: "There are signs of instability of <br />the embankment of the sediment pond below the pile ... tension <br />cracks with a potential for sloughing." <br />Compliance Action: "Reconstruct tYlis embankment to ensure <br />stability within 90 days (by Nugust 13, 1980)". (Emphasis <br />added.) <br />May 15, 1980: Snowmass submitted a permit amendment which included <br />aesigns for a new refuse site pond. <br />A; 1 /"nnlmm~ it rL n4)i n.l 1'71"1 'llr •i.l'~n ~rrnn! ~ <br />hnn~:.•r ! nL•n a'Pr ail ..,1 ir•I r 'f 7r/~ r•.f.: <br />