_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(143)‎

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0 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
1* * David H.Getches,Executive Director
76 * MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
`1g� D"ID C.SHELTON, Director
Richard D.Lamm
Governor
NOV C-84-082
Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.
I. FINDING OF VIOLATION
On May 21 , 1984, Jim Herron, of the Mined Land Reclamation Division,
observed that construction of a coal blending system near the
Mid-Continent coal preparation plant had begun without prior completion
of a sediment control system for the disturbance associated with the
blending facilities. Construction of the blending facilities was
approved in a technical revision by the Mined Land Reclamation
Division. This approval was preconditioned upon the establishment of a
sediment control system prior to construction of the blending
facilities. While there were extenuating circumstances which prevented
construction of the sediment system prior to all disturbance associated
with the blending facilities, the system should have been in place at
the time of the inspection or before construction of the footers for
the conveyor belt was undertaken. I recommend that the violation
contained within the Cessation Order C-84-082 be upheld.
There is some question as to whether a cessation order should have been
issued for this violation. The total disturbance associated with the
construction of the blending facilities was 0.11 acres. The pad for
the blending station was blasted out of well-consolidated mancos
shale. The area, even after construction activities had begun,
resembles many other mancos shale outcrops in the immediate vicinity.
It is unlikely that imminent or significant environmental harm would
have resulted from Mid-Continent's failure to provide sediment
control . Such imminent harm was not demonstrated by the Division in
testimony. Even if a precipitation event had occurred, untreated
sediments from this area would have minimal impact upon Coal Creek. I
recommend that the Notice of Violation within the Cessation Order be
upheld, while the Cessation Order be rescinded.
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