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INTERNATIONAL /) <br />URANIUM ~USA~ <br />CORPORATION <br />• iii iiiiiiiiniiiiii <br />999 <br />Independence Plaza, Suite 950 • 1050 Sev~~eeyth _'tre ~D enver, CO 80265 • 303 628 7798 (main) • 303~4~ 1~ 5 (fae) <br />1'S ((~iGE YVC "vtl ~/awI <br />JAN 151001 <br />Divisional Minerals and Geolo9Y <br />Bob Oswald, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />701 Camino Del Rio <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />January 18, 2002 <br />JAN 22 ?0p? <br />_„~O~C ~ F~~& Geo <br />RE: Removal of Waste Oil P;arrels: <br />Topaz Mine - Pe•tmit M-1980-055 <br />West Sunday Mine -Permit M-1981-021 <br />Sunday Mine Permit - M-1977-285 <br />Deaz Mr. Oswald: <br />°8Y <br />DFN~ <br />F ~/C F~ OFF/CF <br />S/TF•~5 ~ ~~~ o~RY <br />~~G _ S~1 _ <br />.~h d~y~~C~~P <br />~~ <br />International Uranium (USA) Corporation ("IUSA") has received your Inspection Reports for <br />the five mine permits for the Sunday group of mines in San Miguel County. In accordance with <br />the Corrective Actions you noted pertaining to the removal of waste oil barrels from the mine <br />sites, specifically the Topaz Mine and the West Sunday Mine, the following actions have been <br />taken: <br />1. At the Topaz Mine, Permit M-] 980-055, two 55-gallon drums of waste oil were <br />removed on January 16. One 5-gallon plastic bucket of oil was removed also. <br />2. At the West Sunday Mine, Permit M-1981-021, five 55-gallon barrels were removed <br />on January 16 from the oil storage dock located south of the shop; not all of these <br />barrels were full, but all were removed. One barrel remains at the storage dock, but it <br />is empty. <br />A number of 5-gallon buckets at the storage dock were drained into the 55-gallon <br />drums or otherwise removed from the mine site. <br />Two 55-gallon barrel:l full of waste oil were removed from the north side of the shop. <br />3. Although no oil barrl:ls were noted or described as being potential problems in your <br />Inspection Report for the Sunday Mine, Permit M-1977-285, a number of waste oil <br />barrels were found at [his mine and were also removed on January 16. <br />Three 55-gallon barrels of waste oil were removed from the north side of the shop. <br />One 55-gallon barrel ~~f waste oil was removed from the west side of the shop. <br />One 55-gallon barrel of waste oil was removed from the south side of the shop. <br />A total of fourteen 55-gallon barrels were removed from the mine sites. In addition, several <br />buckets and oil change pans were; gathered and also removed from the sites. All materials were <br />loaded into a covered horse tr;iiler and transported to IUSA's White Mesa Mill south of <br />Blanding, UT. The barrels were unloaded at the Mill, where the barrels will be dumped into the <br />