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i 0 a~~~1 g 996 ~w ~~neta~s ~' Geoiog'f piu~s`o~ CERTIFIED MAIL NOTA60916067 RE7VRN RECE[P'r REQUESTED COLORADO DEPARTMFNI' OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DNISION STATIONARY SOURCES PROGRAM BEFORE THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STATE OF COLORADO COMPLIANCE ORDER AND ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTY In the matter of.' COSTILLA COUNTY This Compliance Order is being issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment through the Air Pollution Control Division ("Division") to Costilla County and pursuant to the Division's authority under section 25-7-1 I5(3)(b), C.R.S., as amended. I. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. This Compliance Order is issued as a followup to the October 17, 1995 investigation of Costilla County 's open burning activities at the Fort Garland Landfill just south of the village of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado. The inspection was conducted by Ms. Millie Turner, a duly delegated representative of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 2. The inspection was made pursuant to complaints received fiom area residents regarding several open burning incidents that have taken place during the past year at the Fort Garland Landfill. Ms. Turner observed a shallow trench about 200 feet long by 30 feet wide containing smoldering trash. An attendant at the landfill directed Ms. Turner to Joe Ortiz at the County shop in Fort Garland. Ms. Tumer contacted the county shop and spoke to a mechanic, Gene Cordova, who stated that the fire had started on Saturday, October 14, 1995 as a result of someone dumping hot ashes from a waste barrel. Ms. Turner spoke with Joe Ortiz on October 18, 1995 by telephone. He said that the local fire department had attempted to put the fire out with water on the day it started, but was unable to do so. He also said that the county's bulldozer was broken and Page 1