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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br /> <br />• •1 <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depa rlmem of Natural Resources <br />131 l Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denver, ColoraAo 80207 <br />Phone: 1301 l 8h6-3567 <br />FA%: (30)1 837-8106 <br />June 21, 1995 <br />:.:Honorable Lewis Entz <br />1016 North 11 Lane <br />-~~(~ ~ ~~ <br />A'LSo S~.r~ <br />STAi ~~° <br />• <br />o 'pis <br />P'0d ~O <br />7J ~ ~~e0~O6 <br />PhOP'rLP'rhe~ °iya~il,Epp~~ <br />F,9X /1017 ~l B61 6~ DJ R7S`.S~~O CfO <br />J o6 ~O( <br />4 <br />~',r; '~e <br />2 <br />A ~~ora 1~ 1'99 <br />4ebjods~le c s <br />1 1 <br />west ahoe~~`e <br />C'O 8~ j~~ ~ js <br />S <br />3 ., ~o~ Olt <br />RE~~ ~e <br />Hooper, CO 81136 <br />Re: Information Concerning Recent Enforcement Actions at <br />Costilla County Gravel Sites. <br />Dear Representative Entz, <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5 Lochhead <br />Executive DueUOr <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Dneclor <br />This letter, and the enclosed supporting documentation, is to <br />explain a number of problems at Costilla County's gravel mining <br />sites. The problems and violations were identified during <br />inspections of these sites, by staff of this agency. The required <br />corrective actions were to be completed on or before certain dates. <br />Many of the corrective actions have either not been completed or <br />only overdue, pa"rtial attempts to complete them were made. <br />There are four sites in question, all operated by or involving <br />'Costilla County. Two of the sites have permits issued by this <br />agency (pursuant to CRS 34-32-101, et sea.). A third site was found <br />to be operated by the county without a permit, for which the Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) found Costilla County in violation. <br />A fourth site, for which a permit application was begun in 1977 but <br />not completed, still exists as a "file" only, because no permit was <br />issued. Following are the permit numbers, site names and <br />locations: <br />~N +,~ '' M-77-044, Costilla Pit fl (permitted, near Los Fuertes) <br />M-80-233 Costilla (permitted, near Ft. Garland landfill) <br />M-94-103 Sierra Grande Site (unpermitted, near Ft. Garland) <br />M-77-502 (no name, not active, unpermitted, near San Acacio) <br />At the two permitted sites mentioned above, there were various <br />problems found during monitoring inspections. Some of these have <br />been corrected. Other problems which should have been addressed <br />already, due either to their requiring significant time to remedy, <br />or which remedying would prevent more serious problems, have not <br />been corrected to-date. Due to the inaction on the part of the <br />permittee (Costilla County) at the site near Los Fuertes, several <br />letters stating that said inaction constitutes a "reason to believe <br />a violation exists" have been sent by this Division. Problems at <br />the landfill site must be corrected soon, or similar letters will <br />be sent to the county for that site also. Copies of the letters <br />sent are enclosed with this letter. <br />