ENFORCE22881

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 5/19/1998
• Doc Name: WRITTEN INFO ABOUT NOV
• From: ENERGY FUELS COAL INC
• To: DMG
• Violation No.: CV1998005
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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energy fuels coal, inc 999
. Southfield mine
p. o. box 459 1190 county road 92 Florence, Colorado 8122b phone (719) 784-b395 fax [phone]
May 14, 1998
RECEIVED
Susan L. Burgmaier
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Written Information about Notice of Violation No. CV-98-005,
NOV received 4/16/98 by Energy Fuels Coal, Inc.
Southfield Mine, Permit No. C-81-014
Dear Susan:
MAY 19 1998
Division of Minerals & Geology
Notice of Violation No. CV-98-005 was written for alleged failure to construct and maintain
the light use road providing access to the South Fan Installation to control or prevent erosion,
and failure to ensure that the light use road (above) will not cause additional contributions of
suspended solids to run-0ff outside the permit area.
The abatement steps include (in summary) development of a plan, and submittal of a revision,
for stabilization of the road ditches and road surface. In addition, EFCI is to implement the
approved plan following approval by the Division.
Although the regulatory time period to provide information about the violation has elapsed,
EFCI requests that this letter and its attachment be placed in the file for Notice of Violation
No. CV-98-005.
EFCI is providing the following information relevant fo the alleged violation:
EFCI commenced use of the road to the South fan, as a permitted road, in October 1993
upon approval of Technical Revision No. 16. Actual use of the road and installation of the
fan facility occurred in February 1992.
The road subject to this violation was constructed in the 1930's. The road surface was well
constructed, and both the surface and road cuts were stable in 1992. When EFCI began use of
the road, we made no changes to the road or its drainage in order to minimize disturbance.
This approach is evident at the fan installation where we utilized the existing, abandoned
Monarch Mine fan portal for constructing the new fan. As with use of the road, new
disturbance was kept at a minimum. Since the road will remain following reclamation, EFCI
did not intend to make changes to the road.