2009-10-05_ENFORCEMENT - M1999058

• Permit No: M1999058
• IBM Index Class Name: ENFORCEMENT
• Doc Date: 10/5/2009
• Doc Name: Requesting an extension of the compliance date ‎(MEMO)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Board Members
• Violation No.: MV-2009-023
• Email Name: GRM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources (?1 ?C
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
D O L O FR N D O
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING

SAFETY

Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
OCT 0 5 2009 Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Division of "clamatlon,
Mining and Safety Ronald W. Catt
Division Director
or
Memo Natural Resource Trustee
October 5, 2009
To: Mined Land Reclamation Board
From: Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety Staff
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Dear Board Members,
Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc. (Operator) is requesting an extension of the compliance date for Notice of
Violation,MV-2009-023 corrective actions No. 2 and No. 3. The current corrective action due date is
October 19, 2009. The primary concern is that, due to seasonal change and the site location, permanent
measures may not be able to be constructed prior to snow cover.
After considering testimony in a Formal Hearing held August 12, 2009, the Mined Land Reclamation
Board (Board) found the Operator in violation for failure to protect the prevailing hydrological balance.
The Board Order, signed on September 4, 2009 specified:
o The Operator must post an interim bond increase of $15,000.00 and pay a $4,600 civil
penalty within 30 days (October 5, 2009) of the signature date of the Board Order.
o The Operator must provide all materials necessary to allow Division approval of a Technical
Revision to the reclamation permit within 45 days (October 19, 2009) of the signature of the
Board Order addressing a sedimentation control plan that includes structural designs,
construction details, a schedule of compliance and if necessary engineer certifications for
designs, including as-built drawings.
Colorado Stone timely paid the $4,600.00 civil penalty and posted the $15,000.00 interim bond increase
as required.
The operator appears to be diligently working to address the corrective actions. Therefore, the Division
has no objection to an extension of the corrective action due dates (originally set for October 19, 2009)
providing Colorado Stone adheres to the Cease and Desist Order issued September 4, 2009 and properly
monitors and maintains the temporary measures installed to minimize off-site and hydrologic impacts
due to mining operations, until the permanent controls can be implemented.
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