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I~s~~ c~ ~ <br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />'7-/ <br />~3~~~i~4 ©/~,dL~n <br />` ,Q~~ ~~ <br />~0,~ / f ~/,/fs % O.c~ j~ <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER <br />IN THE MATTER OF COLORADO MARBLE, LLC'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL <br />TIME TO UNDERTAKE BOARD-ORDERED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, FILE <br />NUMBERM-1987-028 / <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd ("Board") on June <br />14, 2005, in Denver, Colorado for a hearing to consider a request for a continuance to allow <br />additional time to comply with Board-ordered conective actions. The file number in this <br />matter is M-1987-028. Kenneth Klco and Bob Holloway appeazed on behalf of ~~olorado <br />Marble, LLC ("Operator"). Carl Mount and Erica Crosby appeared on behalf of the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology ("Division"). <br />The Board, having considered the parties' presentations and having been otherwise fully <br />informed of the facts in this matter, hereby enters the following findings of fact, conclusions of <br />law and order: <br />The Operator received a Section 110 Construction Materials Permit on March 18, 1988 <br />and has extracted marble from a site located in Section 22, Township 50 North, Range 6 <br />East, 6`" Prime Meridian, Chaffee County, Colorado. The site is known as the Lily Mines <br />site and is permitted for 9 acres. <br />2. As the result of Division inspections of the site on September 28, 2004, the: Board held a <br />hearing on December I5, 2004 and found the Operator in violation of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, Section 34-32-101 et seq., C.R.S. (2004) ("Act"). Specifical]y, the Board <br />found violations for conducting mining operations outside the approved permit boundaries, <br />failure to minimize hydrologic impacts to the hydrologic balance, and faihare to salvage and <br />