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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />~~ -energy <br />fuels mining company <br />one tabor center • sude 2500 <br />1200 seventeenth street • denver, Colorado 80202 <br />September 15, 1995 <br />Ms. lane[ H. Binns <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE~,EIVED <br />SEP 2 2 1995 <br />pivision of rAinet3is & Geology <br />(3031623~83t7 <br />twx 910-931-2561 <br />-_. . <br />RE: Written Information about Notice of Violation No. C-95-022, per Rule 5.04.3(1) <br />NOV received 9/05/95 by Energy Fuels Mining Company <br />Raton Creek Mine, Permit No. C-82-055 <br />Deaz Janet: <br />Notice of Violation No. C-95-022 was written for alleged failure to maintain portions of Refuse Ditch <br />No. 1, and the Topsoil Stockpile SAE (silt fence). The abatement steps include repair of both <br />structures. Additionally, Energy Fuels must identify (in permit application) a person to act as <br />inspection contact, and be responsible for company inspections and correction of non-compliance <br />conditions. Energy Fuels response of fact to these items follows: <br />A. "Failure to maintain design specifications of Refuse Ditch No. 1" <br />1. Energy Fuels documented the downcutting and riprap loss in this ditch on 8!24!95 during a <br />regulaz company site inspection. During our inspection, the landowner informed) us of very <br />heavy rain events during the preceding week. While on-site, we took the following <br />steps: Walked the ditch with a local contractor (Tamburelli) to get a price for Sepxir work; <br />Photographed the ditch as information for Energy Fuel's management. ', <br />2. Refuse Ditch No. 1 has been maintained to design specifications to within a week of the <br />above company inspection. <br />3. Corrective. action by Ecergy-Fuels-following our inspection_included:.. a._ _. ... _____..~.~ <br />Request for bids from two contractors to re-construct the ditch; <br />In-house estimation of construction costs; <br />Initiate company approval for money to perform repairs, estimated at $I1,200; <br />Request alternative construction designs from consulting engineering company. <br />These acxions were in progress at the time of the Division's inspection (8/30/95)~~ and discussed <br />during a phone call with Janet Binns in Trinidad on the same date. <br />Summary: Ecergy Fuels had htstorically maintained the ditch, and upon finding the noted conditions <br />on August 24, took appropriate and timely action to initiate its repair. <br />B. "Failure to maintain specifications of design for Topsoil Stockpile SAE" <br />1. Heavy rains occurred at the Mine Site in the two weeks preceding the Division's <br />inspection, possibly exceeding the l0yr, 24hr event (3.2 inches) design limit for Ithe silt tense. <br />An estimated 4 inches of rain had fallen in this time period acwrding to the landowner, <br />documented on the inspection report dated 8/30/95. <br />{F~~+ia,n^"cw•' n~n`qtn.'~'e+4''nYG•Nn~~ew"~/aPY:V!~4~Pial+~.a9R4~='S•r+ i•e -- 'a~°-~'s%~9 c <br />