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<br />SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION <br />concerning <br />Use, Closure and Post-Closure Issues and Options <br />Golden Gilpin Mill and Bates-Hunter Mine <br />Meeting Location. Date and Time: Colorado Department of Health, Room 414, <br />September 4, 1992, 1:30 pm <br />P rtici pants: Senator Sally Hopper, Steven Schurman and George Otten, Dr. Patricia <br />Nolan, Rick Brown, Pamela Harley, and Don Holmer <br />Written Material and Correspondence that Formed Part of the Discussion: Letter of August <br />27, 199:? from Steven Schurman to Dr. Nolan with proposed agenda attached, Letter of July <br />24, 1992 from Steven Schurman to Senator Sally Hopper with list of exhibits and copies of <br />the exhibits, Documents, Pictures and Laboratory Analytical results from the Remedial <br />Programs/Superfund Site Files, Water Quality Control Division Permit Rationale Document <br />for the Golden Mile Joint Venture -Bates Hunter Mine {Facility # CO 0043168, Gilpin <br />County) <br />Summa_rv of Discussion: <br />Dr. Nolan asked how the participants wished to proceed. Mr. Schurman and Mr. Otten <br />outlined their concerns as contained in the letter to Senator Hopper. <br />Rick Brown then opened the discussion with a summary of the site's status based on the <br />CERCLA (Superfund) remediation process and the authorities of the federal statutes. He <br />stated that: <br />- the Golden Gilpin Mill tailings pile was one of the sites within the larger <br />Superfund site that was targeted as a priority for clean-up based on its size, its <br />toxicity, and the fact that it was very near/on the bank of North Clear Creek; <br />- the Record of Decision for the site guaranteed the owners/operators of the <br />Golden Gilpin Mill site the right to decide whether or not to continue to operate the <br />mine and mill until the end of its expected useful life; <br />- the closure of the site whenever it occurred would be allowed to proceed <br />principally under the provisions named in the existing Mined Land Reclamation <br />(MLRD) permit; <br />- the closure of the site could include closure in-place, or removal to any properly <br />permitted and approved off-site treatment and/or disposal site, or an alternative <br />which the owners/operators preferred to proposed; <br />- at the time of site closure, the CERCLA process would evaluate the MLRD <br />permit's closure provisions or other closure option chosen by the owners/operators <br />to assure sufficient protection of human health and the environment; <br />- the Colorado Department of Health "Solid Waste Regulations" would be used at <br />the time of closure as one of the major sets of technical design criteria for evaluating <br />the protectiveness of proposed site closure and post-closure monitoring. <br />