GENERAL53909

• Permit No: M1977170
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/30/1997
• Doc Name: BUTALA CONSTRUCTION CO BUTALA GRAVEL PIT MLRB PN M-77-170 CHAFFEE CNTY
• From: DMG
• To: GWEN HOOTEN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

i
' ~ •
• -- - -
III IIIIIIIIIIIII III

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl Of Natural Resources

1313 Sherman Sl., Room 215 ~
Denver, Colorado 80203 I~~~
Phone: [phone]
FA%:13031 872-8106
DEPARTMENT OF
I~IATURAI
June 30, 1997 RESOURCE
Ms. Gwen Hooten Roy Romer
Governor
EPA
fames 5. Lochhead
999 18th St Ste 500 Eseculive Dircdor
Denver, CO 80203 Michael B Eons
Division Direuor
RE: Butala Construction Co., Butala Gravel Pit, MLRB Permit No. M-77-170,
Chaffee County,
Deaz Ms. H n, ('v~'~
Per your request I have enclosed a map of the above cited operation, which shows the operations
and permit boundary. This is an extra map from the files, which you may keep.
The Division of Minerals and Geology seeks to eliminate dual enforcement and minimize dual
oversight at Colorado mine sites insofaz as possible. We appreciate the cooperation that EPA has
extended in this regard in the past at other mines. As the Butala operation may require some
shared oversight, it may be appropriate and expedient to define our individual roles, both for the
benefit of our agencies and the operator who is affected.
As we understand it, EPA will oversee disposal of materials at the Butala Pit that may contain
creosote or other hazardous waste. Such oversight may involve onsite reclamation, placement in
a hazardous waste landfill, or incorporation of the creosote materials in an asphalt batch plant.
Ordinarily, where batch plants aze installed at mine sites, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board holds a bond for the dismantling, removal, and reclamation of the plant site. In the present
situation, it may be feasible for the Board to handle the reclamation, or EPA may decide to
handle the matter themselves. Whatever the case, you should decide how EPA plans to proceed
and then please coordinate with DMG regarding the reclamation.
Unless we hear from you otherwise, the Division of Minerals and Geology will assume that EPA
will tend to all matters pertaining to the identification and disposal of contaminants at the Butala
site, and DMG will tend to matters pertaining to mining and reclamation, except as noted above.
If you determine that this is not a workable strategy, please let us know so we can meet to discuss
the issue. We assume further that by taking over the responsibility for the regulation of
contaminants at this active mine site, that none of the ordinary functions and duties of our mine