GENERAL32107

• Permit No: C1981013
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/21/1994
• Doc Name: RESPONSE TO CITIZENS REQUEST FOR INSPECTION BASIN RESOURCES INC GOLDEN EAGLE MINE PN C-81-013 NEW EL
• From: DMG
• To: JIM TATUM
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
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1313 6hemun SL, Room 215 r

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FA%: I303) 832.8106
DEPARTMENT OF
November 21, 1994 NATURAL
RESOURCES
MI. Jlm Tatum Roy Romer
8703 Bonhomme ca.ar~

Houston, TX 77074 farm 5. Lochhead
L.KNive DirMar
Michael B. Lang

Re: Response to Citizen's Request for Inspection; Division DIfKrOr
Basin Resoums, Inc.; The Golden Eagle NTine, Permit No. C-81-013;
The New Elk Mine, Permit No. G81-012
Dear Mr. Tatum:
On November 9, 1994, the Division received your letter dated November 3, 1994 regarding the
Golden Eagle and New Elk Mines operated by Basin Resources, Inc. Thank you for bringing
your concerns to our attention. We would like to provide our msponse.
Your letter indicates three concerns. The first appears to be a concern with possible violations of
the air emissions permits issued to Basin by the Air Pollution Control Division of the Colorado
Department of Public Health and the Environment. The second appears to be a concern with
possible violations of the Coloado Pollutant Discharge System (CPDS) pem3its issued to Basin by
the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the
Environment. The third appears to be concerns with noise from both the flocks operated by
Savage Company to transport coal along Colorado State Highway 12, and from the mine's
"blowers."
Concerns with possible violations of the air emissions permits should be directed to the Air
Pollution Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment:
Their address is 4300 Chelry Creek Drive South, Building B, Floor i, Denver, Colorado 80222.
Their telephone number is [phone].
Levels of noise emitted by mining operations are not regulated by our Division. We suggest that
you contact Mr. Michael A. Ossola, Director, Las Animas County PLu3ning and Land Use Office
or the County Health Department. Their address is 200 East Fast Street, Room 104, Trinidad,
Colorado 81082. His telephone number is [phone].
VJe were in the process of conducting a regular monthly inspection at the Golden Eagle and New
Elk mine sites when we received your letter. We therefore contacted our inspector and, on
November 10, 1994, he investigated your concern regalditlg the placement of a "white foamy
substance" into Sedimentation Pond 004 at the New Elk Mine. The inspector found that drilling
mud had been placed in Sediment Pond 004. The inspector checked all the other ponds at the