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22 <br /> The area on which this violation pertains is the Trout Creek <br /> Pump Pad which was described as a dirt and gravel surface pad. <br /> Staff said the Trout Creek Pump Station is located on the pad <br /> and that the pump is used to pump water from Trout Creek into <br /> water trucks for use in dust control on the mine site. <br /> Staff said water was pooled on the pad area at the time of the <br /> inspection. Staff said that drainage from the pad had drained <br /> off of the southwestern portion of the pad and into Trout <br /> Creek. Staff said there was no flow occurring during the time <br /> of the inspection, but that there was evidence that the flow <br /> had occurred. <br /> Staff said that abatement of the violation required the <br /> operator to submit, by April 20, 1993, a technical revision to <br /> their currently approved permit that would include plans to <br /> treat runoff from the pad. Staff said the operator was <br /> required to implement the plan within 15 days of approval, but <br /> no later than July 4, 1993 . <br /> Staff said the technical revision was submitted on April 20, <br /> 1993, and approved on June 10, 1993 . Staff said the plan <br /> called for surfacing the pad with gravel and durable rock and <br /> the installation of a silt fence on a portion of the pad. <br /> Staff said the work was complete, as of the June 18, 1993 <br /> inspection, with the exception of gravel surfacing. Staff <br /> said that when the site was inspected on July 28, 1993, the <br /> work had been completed and the violation was terminated. <br /> Staff added that the Trout Creek Pump Pad is considered a <br /> disturbed area, because topsoil and vegetation have been <br /> removed. Staff said that at this point, the operator wants <br /> the Board to find that the violation did not occur. <br /> Mr. John Paul stated that the issue that should be resolved is <br /> whether that area in question is considered a disturbed area <br /> or a road. Staff said the operator' s opinion is that the area <br /> is a road and not subject to the regulations cited in the NOV <br /> issued by the Division. <br /> Mr. Dave Beverlin, referenced the site and facilities map for <br /> the operation and discussed the operator' s consideration of <br /> the area in question as a road. He said that when the light- <br /> use road was permitted, the operator' s intent was to place the <br /> pump and stand in the Trout Creek alluvium which would have <br /> required a Corps of Engineers permit. <br /> Mr. Beverlin said the Corps of Engineers inspected the site at <br /> the time and recommended that as long as no cut and fill <br /> activities were conducted on the alluvial valley floor, no <br /> permit would be required. He said that the Corps also <br /> recommended that no permit would be required, in order to <br />