ENFORCE37618

• Permit No: M1981235
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 9/2/1981
• Doc Name: WEBSTER SAND & GRAVEL UNPERMITTED OPERATIONS IN LAKE COUNTY
• From: MLR
• To: WEBSTER SAND & GRAVEL
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 999
D. Monte Pascoe. Executive Director
MINED LAND RECLAMATION
423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. [phone]
David C. Shelton
Director
September 2', 1981
Mr. Chuck Webster
Webster Sand and Gravel
400 E. 4th Street
Leadville, Colorado 80461
RE: Webster Sand and Gravel Unpermitted Operations in Lake County
NOTICE OF FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING
Dear Mr. Webster:
On January 28, 1981, the Mined Land Reclamation Board moved to issue a
Notice of Violation for mining without a permit and a Cease and Desist
Order for your sand and gravel operation located in approximately the
SW>: of the NEB and the NW>: of the SEA of Section 16, Township 9 South,
Range 80 West of the 6th P. M. in Lake County. Consideration of civil
penalties in this matter were deferred until a later date. Since that
time, no application fora 112 permit application for this operation has
been received by this Division from Webster Sand and Gravel.
On August 31, 1981, reclamation specialist James McArdle and I inspected
the operation mentioned in the previous paragraph as well as another
Webster Sand and Gravel operation located in approximately the NEB of
Section 20, Township 8 South, Range 80 West of the 6th P. M. in Lake
County. This operation is estimated to be about 60 acres or more in ex-
tent. This second operation (like the first) has not been permitted
under the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. There was evidence of
extensive excavation, product stockpiling and loading, and water impound-
ment on the site. There was no evidence of topsoil stockpiles on the
site.
During the inspection of the first operation (the one having a Cease and
Desist Order), i.t was evident that stockpiled topsoil had been removed
from the site. About 800 cubic yards of topsoil had been removed from
a site near the southwest edge of the pit.
All mining operators including sand and gravel operators are required to
obtain mining and reclamation permits for their mining operations in
Colorado by the Mined Land Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-101 et seg
and specifically, 34-32-109(7), as amended.