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Memo to (dike Lonq - 3 - March 7, 1989 Gnlden Eagle Mine C-81-013 From January 1988 to April 1988 three violations were issued at the Gnlden Eagle Mine. All three violations have been through the assessment and hearing process. The violations were all abated and penalties paid. The following list is a short summary of the violations followed by consideration of circumstances suggesting that a Pattern of Violations may exist. There were two cessation orders and one Notice of Violation issued to the Golden Eagle Mine between January and April, 1988. C-88-003 was a Cessation Order issued on January 22, 1988 and written for failure to obtain a valid Permit for the area where surface coal operations were being conducted and failure to obtain final aDOroval before being implementing a revision to a permit. Specifically, the operator's underground working had extended beyond the approved permit boundary which at the time was under consideration for expansion via a technical revision. Abated - 2/4/88 (Via TR-5) Final Assessment - $3,500.00, Paid C-88-017 was a Cessation Order issued on Aprii 6, 1988 and written for failure to adhere to the conditions of the permit thus violating the permit and causing or being reasonably expected to cause significant environmental harm to land, air, or water resources. Failure to maintain a support facility to prevent damage to fish, wildlife, and related environmental values. Failure to conduct surface coal mining operations to minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of the operations on fish, wildlife, and related environmental values. Specifically, a fl occulent not described in the permit application nor approved in the permit was used by the operator as part of the treatment of mine water prior to its discharge into the natural surface water drainage system. This flocculent which was added to the mine water at the treatment facility, was then directly discharged in company with the mine water in quantities lethal to aquatic life resident in that natural surface water drainage system. Final Abatement - 10/4/88 Final Assessment - $11,000.00, Paid C-88-019 was a Notice of Violation issued on April 6, 1988 and written for failure to provide professional certification of the construction of an impoundment embankment immediately after construction of the embankment, failure to provide plans for reconstruction or modification of an impoundment, and failure to secure Division approval before modification of an impoundment begins. Specifically, Pond 002 which had previously been rendered inoperable and taken out of service by the operator, had critical embankment reconstruction performed on it and was out back into service without Division approval. Upon learning of this reconstruction the Division requested that a professional certification of the pond be provided by the operator. After repeated requests the operator fai]ed to provide the certification and a Notice of Violation was issued.