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<br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 40203 <br />303 666-3567 <br />Fa x: 303 632-8706 <br />~~'~~~)~~ <br />. F~(TF7Qe <br />r ``~lr~pfi.'' <br />'ra ~a' <br />DATE: July 3, 1991 <br />T0: Bruce Humphries <br />CST A TE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION III I II I II I II IIII III F ~o <br />FROM: Jim Pendleton, Acting2 <br />~`'' . <br />Director <br />RE: Allegation of Ground Water Poilutio by <br />Roy Romer, <br />Govemar <br />Fred R. Banta, <br />Division Diregor <br />r~ <br />Gravel Oper.atj-on <br />At 4:30 pm on Wednesday, July 3rd, I received a telephone Ca11,.~rgmcHr.•Fred <br />Pearce, superintendent of the Florisant Water & Sanitai:4on Distriist.(18100 <br />Teller One; Florisant, CO). Mr. Pearce [(h) 719-687-9662,.,bo) 7k9-.7.48=3.565] <br />alleges that the Clare Corporation's (Messrs. Gene & Harold Clare) gravel <br />dredging operation (Permit No. M-89-044) is allowing dteSEl fuel and .oil to <br />pollute the ground water at their pit. Mr. Pearce reports that xight.or .ten <br />wells i~ the town are detecting odor and taste of petroleum hydrocarbons. .He <br />reports test results of as high as 6 ppm. The first cor~lpTai{~t ras;xecPi,rsed <br />2 1/2 weeks ago. He has not personally witnessed dumpi`gg.tior:~pilldge, nor has <br />anyone else, to his knowledge. However, he reports observipg:52.,galion drums <br />scattered at the site and floating in the dredge pond, and dark "spill spots" <br />on the ground. He commented that he would take a sheriff's deputy--to the site <br />to photographically document the current situation. Mr. Pearce said-"that 1f <br />we could not reach him, we should telephone the chairman.. of $he,Distrtct's <br />Board, Mrs. Betty McGilvey C<o) 719-748-3372]. <br />~N <br />I then "telephoned Mr. €~ank Soldano, of the Colorado Springs office of the <br />Colorado Dept. of Health C719-545-4650], with whom Mr. Pearce said he_had <br />discussed the situation. Frank Soldano has assigned the case to his fellow <br />engineer, Mr. Dave Knode. Frank commented that this situation has.been.a <br />controversy for the past several years with the locals objecting to the <br />development of the pit. He is aware of the MOU with us. HS bel;i~res 1t <br />appropriate to conduct a joint inspection of the site early next week.- Dave <br />Knode observed the site a year ago and reported it appeared to be "s,loppily" <br />operated. However, Frank was concerned that several of Mr..Pearce's <br />descripi:ions of various polluted springs and their topographic relation;hip.to <br />the pit did not make sense... <br />I •to.l:d-troth Fred Pearce and Frank Soldano that we woul-d formuYate.a..pla~n_on <br />Friday etnd telephone them. Neither indicated that they thought the situation <br />'to warratnt an immediate emergency response. <br />cc: Dari Hernd»dez <br />Jirti Stevens/ <br />Doc. No: 6840E <br />