GENERAL41397

• Permit No: M1980224
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/23/1985
• Doc Name: INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATIONS FREMONT PAVING & READIMIX
• From: COLO DEP OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIROMENTN
• To: JIM STEVENS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RECORD OF
COMMUNICATION o PHONE CALL o MEETING
x OTHER Summary of Incident Report Follow-Uo
TO: Jim Stevens, DMG FROM: Ron Fp;lma, CDPHE
~~(/ DATE:7/7/95
File:SW/FRM/GEN #4E TIME: 18:35
SUBJECT: Incident report dated 7/7/95 -Fremont Paving and Readimix
Report by Capt. David Bowden, Canon City Fire Dept., copy attached.
Also attached is MSDS for product "AC-20"
SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATION:
7/14/95, 13:00 - I telephoned Capt. Bowden ([phone]) as a follow-up to incident
report of dumping in "pit" landfill. Capt. Bowden indicated that a Fremont County Deputy
Sheriff had requested the Canon City Fire Dept. to respond to what he observed to be a
potentially illegal hazardous waste disposal. Canon City Fire Dept. was dispatched to
Fremont Paving and Readimix site near the Brookside Community in Fremont County,
When they arrived they observed a 3500 gallon truck discharging a liquid into a "pit type"
landfill. The workers indicated that they had to discharge approximately 300 gallons of "AC-
20" because the truck had a broken valve which needed to be replaced.
They further indicated that they had permission from the "Bureau of Land Reclamation" to
dump waste materials into the pit. Capt. Bowden indicated that the pit was most often used
to dispose of cement truck wash out materials. Further in our discussion, Capt. Bowden
indicated that road-base materials were mined and processed at the site. Given this
information, I asked Capt. Bowden if it was possible that when the workers stated that they
had permission to dump materials on-site from the "Bureau of Land Reclamation,' they
might have said the Mined Land Reclamation Board. He indicated that sounded familiar
and was quite possibly what they had said.
Capt. Bowden then said that the Canon City Fire Dept. assessed the situation and did not
feel that it required a hazardous materials response, so they left the site. Capt. Bowden also
informed me that the site was outside of the area of jurisdiction of the Canon City Fire
Dept., because of this he informed the Deputy Sheriff that his office should follow-up on
this incident and verify that what the Fremont Paving and Readimix employees had said,
specifically that they should verify that they did have a permit to dump materials at the site.
Capt. Bowden then gave the name and telephone number for the Fremont County Sheriff;
Dale Rea, [phone].
7/21/95, 8:35 - I telephoned the Fremont County Sheriff's office and was told that Sheriff
Rea was out of the office and that the Undersheriff Robert Thurman would call me back.
7/28/95, 9:50 - i telephoned the Fremont Count Sheriff s office and spoke with Undersheriff
Robert Thurman. Undersheriff Thurman indicated that it was his understanding that the
Canon City Fire Dept. was going to follow-up on this incident and obtain a copy of the