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;NOV- x:95 MON 6:34 PM TESS~CT PRODUCTIONS FAX NO, 3479713 p, 2 <br />III IIIIIIIII"II'll , <br />Committee on M__ ___ _0999 __ __ .:nvironment <br />Gold HiII Town Meeting, InC. <br />Gold Hill. Colorado <br />H, ~. 171/6611 <br />. h:nirFY.,56i1 <br />November 6, 1995 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />D7mver, Colorado 80203 <br />Arta: Allen Soremsoa <br />Dear Mr. Sorenson: <br />~o6p <br />N.O. [41x ~ <br />B6utlur. W eD308 <br />Page 1 of 4 pages <br />The Committee on Mining and the Environment (COME) mcently wmpletod a review of the <br />re~vlts of your inspection of the Gold IiiU millsite on October 11, 1995, noting with imerest that the <br />rFport shows no compliance deficiencies. This represents encouraging progtesc relative tv earlier <br />nom. Nevertheless, as you ktrow, severer impoirta~ issues remain to be resolved against deadlines <br />unposed by Iivision staff. Since several of theca items fell due on the first of this month, we felt that <br />it was timely to perform an on-sate review of condaued progress, using Your obse;vatioas as a <br />guideline. <br />Note: Starred ('~ items were dne cflmplca on November 1, 1995. <br />SWN Pt Out Committee has sot received say infarmatioa indicating that cotnpliaace with <br />Strnmwatea Managemem Plan requirements has been accomplished; nor do we have any <br />indication that progress toward compliance is occurring. <br />pivetsion Diteh Berms: Work appears tp have been performed on some berms, but compaction <br />appears to be absent or incotnptete. <br />pjsturbed Area Reseed'me: Some preparatory work appears to have been done on the disturbed <br />areas west of the tailings pond. Reseeding, if any, was impossible w verify and. would is any <br />case be premature gives the condition of the berms noted above. ' <br />+~LDE BeSis,~j~+±!W!t: Basin cleanuut ap[reats to Lave bees accomplished. although it was <br />impossible to establish the location of the removed sediments. Hay-bale emplat:ement has not <br />hero accomplished_ <br />No dlccenrable progress Las hem made on liner repair since your inapectioa. <br />Moreover, the rollback of the liner edge has revealed a lack of seam inugrity down almost to <br />present water level (about two inches below the tap of the decant standpipe at the south end of <br />the pond, as at your inspxtioa). Obviota_c1Y, no past-repair perimeter anchoring Las been <br />accomplished. <br />