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Permit Revocation <br />In the Matter of Trinidad Basin Mining Company Permit Revocation <br />Trinidad Basin Mine <br />Permit No 08C418 <br />To: Trinidad Basin Mining Company and all other persons engaged in or <br />owning or controlling the following operation Trinidad Basin Mine, Las <br />Animas County, Colorado. <br />Pursuant to the authority vested in the State of Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board by CRS 34-33-123(17), 34-33-124(4) and Rule 5.03.3 and <br />5.03.5 of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for <br />Coal Mining, the Board convened a formal public hearing regarding the <br />February 22, 1993 issuance by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology of <br />an order to Trinidad Basin Mining Company to show cause why the mining and <br />reclamation permit issued to Trinidad Basin Mining Company should not be <br />revoked. This formal public hearing was held on April 22, 1993. <br />Findings of Fact <br />Pursuant to the authority vested in the State of Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board by CRS 34-33-123(17), 34-33-124(4) and Rule 5.03.3(3) <br />the Board hereby reaches the following findings of fact: <br />1. The Division pursuant to Rule 5.01.3 and 5.02.2, conducted two separate <br />inspections of the Trinidad Basin Mine. These inspections were conducted <br />on June 29, 1992 and July 28, 1992. <br />2. Following the June 29, 1992 inspection, the Division pursuant to Rule <br />5.03.2(2)(a), issued on July 16, 1992 Notices of Violation Nos. C-92-013 <br />and C-92-014. NOV No. C-92-013 was issued to the permittee for its <br />failure to maintain sediment pond 15-P1 as necessary to ensure that the <br />pond discharge met applicable standards of the Colorado Water Quality <br />Control Act and the permittee's National Pollution Discharge Elimination <br />System NPDES permit, pursuant to Rule 4.05.2(7), 4.05.2(f) and <br />4.05.6(3)(a) and (b). NOV No. C-92-014 was issued to the permittee for <br />its failure to pass all disturbed area drainage through a sedimentation <br />pond a series of sedimentation ponds or a treatment facility before leaving <br />the permit area pursuant to Rules 4.05.2(1) and 4.05.2(2). <br />3. Following the July 28, 1992 inspection, the Division pursuant to Rule <br />5.03.2(2)(a) issued on August 14, 1992 Notices of Violation Nos. C-92- <br />020 and C-92-021. NOV C-92-020 was issued to the permittee for its <br />failure to maintain sediment pond 15-P11 to provide adequate capacity to