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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />' ass <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51.. Room 215 <br />Denvcr, CO 80207 <br />Phone: 13031 866-3 56 7 <br />FAX: (303) 872-8106 <br />DATE: October 26, 1993 <br />TO: Michael B. Long, <br />Division Director <br />FROM: Steven G. Renner, ~~ <br />Coal Program Superviso <br />RE: Pattern of Violations, Basin Resources, Inc. <br />The Golden Eagle Mine, Permit No. C-81-013 <br />pF Cpl <br />R~ <br />Ne <br />• ~ <br />• ~ re l6 ~+ <br />ftoy flamer <br />Governor <br />M¢hael B Long <br />Drvivon Director <br />The Division has determined that a Pattern of Violations as defined in <br />Rule 5.03.3(2)(a) has existed at the Golden Eagle Mine in Las Animas <br />County. Ten Notices of Violation and one Imminent Harm Cessation <br />Order have been issued to Basin Resources, Inc., within the last <br />twelve months. These Notices of Violation were issued as the result <br />of inspections conducted on March 23, 1993, April 27, 1993, and <br />August 13, 1993. <br />All ten Notices of Violation and the one Cessation Order have been <br />upheld in an Assessment Conference, with the permittee paying a total <br />of $14,450.00 in civil penalties. All appeal periods have passed, <br />with no appeals having been filed by the permittee. <br />Six of the ten violations were issued for violations of the <br />Performance Standards related to the protection of the hydrologic <br />balance, as was the one Cessation Order. These six Notices of <br />Violations and one Cessation Order are: <br />1. CO-93-012 - Issued for the permittee's failure to minimize water <br />pollution while conducting mining operations by allowing the <br />discharge of coal fines through the Pond 3 outlet (3/23/93 <br />inspection). <br />2. C-93-014 - Issued for the permittee's failure to submit for <br />approval, prior to installation, designs for eleven culverts and <br />five topsoil pile sediment control measures (3/23/93 inspection). <br />3. C-93-015 - Issued for the permittee's failure to submit for <br />approval, prior to installation, the designs for three sediment <br />ponds and the demonstrations for three small area exemptions, and <br />failure to possess certification for six sediment ponds and one <br />haul road (3/23/93 inspection). <br />