ENFORCE31998

• Permit No: C1980001
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 9/22/1993
• Doc Name: Draft MINUTES to Sept Board MEETING
• Violation No.: CV1993026
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Minutes, September 22-23, 1993
DRAFT
Subject To Board Approval 36
Staff said the site was inspected from March 30 through
April 2, 1993, along with the operator's representatives and
representatives from the OSM. Staff said the site was fairly
wet, due to the beginning of spring enowmelt, and that five
(5) NOVS were issued during the inspection.
Staff referenced a picture of the site conta ned in the
package of information and said that the area ~ which this
violation pertains is the Trout Creek Pump Pad. Staff said
the pad measures about 50 feet by 75 feet and is a dirt and
gravel surface pad. Staff said the Trout Creek Pump Station
is located on the pad. Staff said the pump is used to pump
water from Trout Creek into water trucks for use in dust
control on the mine site.
Staff said water was pooled on the pad area at the time of the
inspection. Staff said that drainage from the pad had drained
off of the southwestern portion of the pad and into Trout
Creek. Staff said there was no flow occurring during the time
of the inspection, but that there was evidence that the flow
had occurred.
Staff said that abatement of the violation required the
operator to submit, by April 20, 1993, a technical revision to
the currently approved permit, that would include plans to
treat runoff from the pad. Staff said the operator was
required to implement the plan within 15 days of approval, but
no later than July 4, 1993.
Staff said the technical revision was submitted on April 20,
1993, and approved on June 10, 1993. Staff said the plan
called for surfacing the pad with gravel and durable rock and
the installation of a silt fence on a portion of the pad.
Staff said the work was complete, as of the June 18, 1993
inspection, with the exception of gravel surfacing. Staff
said that when the site was inspected on July 28, 1993, the
work had been completed and the violation was terminated.
Staff added that the Trout Creek Pump Pad is considered a
disturbed area, because topsoil and vegetation have been
removed. Staff said that at this point, the operator wants
the Board to find-that the violation did not occur. Staff
answered questions from the Board.
Mr. John Paul stated that the issue that should be resolved is
whether that area in question is considered a disturbed area
or a road. Staff said the operator's opinion is that the area
is a road and not subject to the regulations cited in the NOV
issued by the Division.