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PERMIT #: M- 1977 -215 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: RCO <br />INSPECTION DATE: February 24, 2014 <br />the pad. The safety and drainage berm is intact. The 9400 portal is locked since the permit is in temporary <br />cessation. There is no mobile equipment at the portal area. The 9360 pad and facilities area contains only <br />minimal equipment (one dozer) and a few light duty vehicles. The shotcrete building and shop are empty, <br />there are no explosives presently stored onsite, and diesel storage (inside the storage building) is minimal. <br />There are still some parts and materials stored onsite, presently less than when the site was active. These <br />include lengths of steel vent duct and steel sets for portal construction, other various steel parts, concrete <br />mix, and numerous 250 - gallon industrial plastic containers (that were empty). <br />The operator is maintaining and monitoring the site. The site appears stable and the requested status of <br />temporary cessation appears approvable. The decision for this requested status will be made by the Board, <br />during the upcoming March 2014 Board meeting at the earliest. The operator is preparing the EPP for <br />submittal to the Division in May 2014. The EPP will address topics of stormwater controls, hydrologic <br />monitoring, SPCC, which were discussed during this inspection. <br />At this time the financial warranty is considered adequate, since it was recalculated for the last revision in <br />2013. It will be reviewed again during the Division's consideration of the EPP. <br />For questions related to this report, please contact this inspector at the Division's Durango Field Office: <br />telephone 970 - 247 -5193, or 303 - 866 -3567 ext 8175. <br />All written correspondence should be sent directly to the Division's Denver Office: <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Inspection Contact Address <br />Randy McClure <br />Rio Grande Silver, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 610 <br />Creede, CO 81130 <br />CC: Patrick Moran, USFS, 1803 West Hwy 160, Monte Vista, CO 81144 (copy sent electronically) <br />Photographs from the inspection are on the following pages. <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />