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-~~- energy fuels mining company l11111l11111!llllll one tabor center • swte 2500 1200 seventeenth street • denver, Colorado 80202 December 21. 1993 '~ i303i 623-8317 twx 910-93t~256t Mr. Wallace H. Erickson R~C~'V ~~ Division of Minerals and Geology ~~~ 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 123 1993 Denver, Colorado 80203 e~:~r,-,.. , ~~ ,~: `y` • uttY Re: Abatement Response and Request for Extension of Abatement Time Ndtice oYViolation No. G~9~'~l, Pond Certification Raton Creek Mine -Permit No. C-82-055 Dear Mr. Erickson: Due to unexpected setbacks discussed below, Energy Fuels Mining Company (EFMC) respectfully requests an extension of the abatement date for the part of NOV C-93-47 dealing with pond certification. ~ NOV C-93-47 was written for: Failure to maintain copies of all recordsl, reports and information required by the regulations at a convenient place in the area of mining. Specific information apparently not on file at the mine office includes quarterly refuse inspections, an updated sediment pond certification, a current certificate of public liability insurance, and a haul road certification. The steps necessary to abate the violation are the following: Ensure current engineering certification for the sediment pond, refuse pile and haul roads, and a current certificate of insurance are submitted to the Division and placed on file at the mine office. An alternative to submittal of haul road certification can be submittal of a revision to re-classify the haul road. EFMC has responded with current certification of the refuse pile and certificate of insurance. In addition, EFMC submitted and received approval of Technical Revision No. 10 to re-classify haul roads to access roads. In response to pond certification, EFMC submitted Technical Revision No. 12, after determining that the existing pond required expansion. The revision was submitted June 30, 1993, and approved. by the Division. Approval date, including public comment period, was on or about October 30, 1993. I EFMC completed and mailed bid request letters to five contractors on October 29, 1993. Bid responses were received and evaluated over the next two-week period, and the successful bidder was notified to start work as soon as possible. During this time EFMC requestedand received approval of an abatement extension to December 23, 1993, based on our knowledge of the contractor's expected time to complete the pond expansion work.