Laserfiche WebLink
m-~ag~~o~ <br />~~ <br />~-~-~ <br />/ -Ip •. C.Aloedo nebPa uc <br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD L/ ~M'• W1U2~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER <br />IN THE MATTER OF A POSSIBLE PERMIT SUSPENSION, REVOCATION OR <br />FORFEITURE A~1D-I~~ISFO,RFEITURE INVOLVING COLORADO MARBLE, LLC, <br />FILE NUMBEPf M-'f987-028 <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd ("Boazd") on <br />February 16, 2006, in Denver, Colorado for a hearing to consider the request of the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology ("Division") for a Boazd order suspending, modifying or revoking <br />an operator's reclamation permit and forfeiting a reclamation bond. The file number in this <br />matter is M-1987-028. Bob Holloway and Kenneth Klco appeared on behalf of Colorado <br />Mazble, LLC ("Operator"). Cazl Mount appeazed on behalf of the 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, 6th 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 15, 2004 and found the Operator in violation of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, Section 34-32-101 et seq., C.R.S. (2005) ("Act"). Specifically, 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 failure to salvage and <br />Colo. Marble Feb. 06 II, M-1987-028 <br />