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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
* �q *O/ David H.Getches,Executive Director
* M`r f 6 MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
876 DAVID C. SHELTON, Director
Richard D.Lamm
Governor
January 23, 1985
MEMORANDUM
TO: Fred Banta
David Shelton
FROM: David Holm
RE: Recommended Settlement of NOV C-84-094
Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.
I . FINDING OF VIOLATION
During the May, 1984 Inspection, Jim Herron, of the Mined Land
Reclamation Division, observed that a culvert had been installed in a
non-approved location and that drainage from the haul road was
bypassing an approved sediment control system. NOV 84-094 was issued
for failure to follow the approved mine plan. This is basically an
administrative violation. The operator originally constructed the
Arctic Circle sediment ponds in 1978 at the request of the MLRD to
control sediment from the haul road system. It should be noted that
sediment ponds are not required for runoff from haul roads.
Later, however, the area near the Arctic Circle ponds was utilized as a
water truck fill-up area from the clean water pond nearby. The Arctic
Circle ponds were then called for in order to control runoff associated
with this disturbance. At that time, a culvert was placed across the
haul road to divert the haul road drainage away from the Arctic Circle
ponds. That culvert was plugged by the runoff events which occurred
prior to the week of the inspection. The excessive amount of runoff
coming down the haul road overwhelmed the Arctic Circle ponds. A
diversion ditch around the Arctic Circle ponds was cut in order to
prevent a pond wash-out. At the time of the inspection, the
unauthorized, plugged culvert and the diversion around the sediment
ponds was observed.
It appears that the diversion around the Arctic Circle ponds was
necessitated as an emergency abatement action by the operator.
However, based on oral testimony, written records, slides, and
photographs, it appears that violation for failure to follow the
approved mine plan is justified. I recommend that NOV 84-094 be upheld.
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