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<br />~T ' ~- OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />131 J Sherman St., Room ? I S <br />Denver, Colorado 80'_07 DIVISION O F <br />Phone: 1303) 866-3767 MINERAL S <br />FAX' (3UJI 87?-8106 & <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />May 26, 1999 ell o..ens <br />Grnernor <br />Maxine Stewart Greg E. watcher <br />Esecwwe Director <br />ITEC Environmental <br />Michael B Long <br />P.O. Box 1383 Division Director <br />Wheat Ridge, Co 80034-1383 <br />RE: Response to ITEC letter regarding Removal of Containment Barriers in the Gold Hill Mill, Permit #M-94-I 17 <br />Dear Ms. Stewart, <br />ITEC Environmental recently requested that they be allowed [o remove the two containment barriers that the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology (DMG) had COM, lnc. install in the Gold Hill Mill. These barriers were installed in order to <br />allow the building to serve as a secondary containment facility For [he tailings tanks within the Mill. Tailings are no <br />longer being processed inside the Mill, and as was noted during the December 12, 1998 DMG inspection report, the <br />sumps which were previously full of tailings have been cleaned out, and a pump installed in order to remove any <br />excess spillage into the lower sumps. The ground level outside the Mill has also been raised, preventing the release of <br />any other excess tailings to the general environment. Since the order to install the barriers was not part of tr formal <br />technical revision, and was instead a requested preventive measure dealing with conditions that no longer persist at <br />the plant---and since these barriers represent a conflict with MSHA safety regulations--- DMG has no objection to <br />their removal in the future, as long as the curtent site conditions remain capable of containing tailings without the <br />bartiers. <br />We hope that this clarifies the issues under discussion. If }'ou have any further questions, please contact me at (303) <br />866-3567. <br />Sincerely, <br />Christina L. Kamnikar <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Cc: Carl B. Mount, DMG <br />