ENFORCE34045

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 7/25/2002
• Doc Name: Information requested
• From: Greystone Environmental Consultants
• To: DMG
• Violation No.: CV2002010
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Environmental Consultants, Inc.
July 19, 2002
Mr. Kent Gorham
RECEbi/ED
Senior Environmental Protection Specialist JUL [ 5 200P -
Division of Minerals and Geology
215 Centennial Building Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203-2273
RE: NOV CV-2002-010 -New Elk Mine (Permit C-81-012)
Dear Mr. Gorham:
By this letter, Picketwire Processing, Inc. hereby submits information and requests abatement ofthe
above referenced Notice of Violation for the New Elk Mine. The following provides information for
the points addressed in the NOV:
1. Failure to report field readings for May 2001 for PAW-1, PAW-2, PAW-8, and PAW-9 -
Field measurements for these four wells were collected, however, they were inadvertently
omitted from the report. Pages from the 2001 AHR have been revised and submitted under
separate cover. Measures to prevent this occurrence from happening again are presented
below.
2. Failure to report water level and field readings forNEW-2, NEW-3, and NEWS for October
and November - As reported in the 2001 AHR, no water sample could be collected at
NEW-3 due to the configuration of the shaft seal.. Since the water level measurement was
collected in November and reported in the AHR, Picketwire requests vacation ofthis portion
of the violation. The annual water level and field readings for the November were collected
for NEW-2 and NEW-4 as reported in the 2001 AHR. As a result, Picketwire requests
vacation of this portion of the violation. As for the October water level and field readings for
these three wells, these wells were placed on a reduced monitoring schedule when the
Preparation Plant Facilities were inactivated. Table 1.2-1 of the 2001 AHR has a footnote
indicating that "As the Preparation Plant facilities become active, the Division will be
notified in writing and frequency of monitoring will be increased as indicated". Since the
Prep Plant Facilities remain inactive, there was no requirement to increase the monitoring.
Picketwire requests vacation of this portion of the violation.
3. Failure to sample and report data for the annual sample forNEW-2, NEW-3, and NEW-4 -
As reported in the 2001 AHR, no water sample could be collected at NEW-3. Since the
attempt to obtain the sample was made and reported in the AHR, Picketwire requests
vacation of this portion of the violation. Bailing equipment to sample the other two wells
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