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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department o1 Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room ?15 <br />Denver, Colorado fl0?03 <br />Phone:1303)866-3567 <br />FA%: (3031 83?-8106 <br />March 20, 1996 <br />Post-it' Fax Note 7671 Dale )_/ _ ages ~- <br />)) <br />To ~ i~ ~b Jl From <br />tT /~ b+'Q:c{ <br />Co./Dept. Co. <br />Phone A Phone q <br />Faz p ~ - d ~-Z /' Fax p <br />Mr. Richard Fox <br />Fox Engineering <br />1110 Oak Circle S. <br />Broomfield, CO 80020-1065 <br />RB: Time-frame for Spray System Installation, Coliaa Oro Moliao <br />(CON), Inc., Oold Hill Mill, Permit No. K-96-117 <br />Dear Mr. Fox: <br />~~~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />)amen 5. L«hhead <br />Ex«utive Dir«tor <br />M¢hael D. Lang <br />Division Direcmr <br />The Division has received your request to establish an April 12, 1996 deadline for <br />completion of the installation of the tailing pond spray system at the Gold Hill Mill. <br />The Division and COM, Inc. have been discussing the need for a spray eyetem in the pond <br />for several months. In order to protect human health, property and the environment from <br />possible impacts during spring anowmelt, it is the Division's view that COM, Inc. must <br />move forward with the installation of water balance contingency measures at the Gold <br />Hill Mill with great urgency. Your request for an extension of the April 1, 1996 <br />deadline for installation and testing of the tailing pond spray eyetem is denied. If <br />the spray eyetem ie not installed by the deadline, the Division may take appropriate <br />enforcement action. In addition, the Division will be evaluating if an emergency <br />response action by the State will be necessary in order to protect human health, <br />property, or the environment. The Division's emergency response authority ie detailed <br />in Rule 8 of the Hard Rock/Metal Mining Rules and Regulations of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board. <br />If you have any questions, please contact myself or Allen Sorenson. <br />cc: Gwen Fraser, COM, Inc. <br />Ric Fanyo, Dufford and Brown, P.C. <br />Kathleen Sullivan, WQCD <br />Mark Steen, Mi Vida Enterprises <br />Bob Mason, Gold Hill Town Meeting, Inc. <br />Evan Freirich <br />Doug Parker <br />C:\W51\GDLDNILL.SP2 <br />M. Bruce Mumpnriee <br />Minerals Program Supervisor <br />