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June 24, 2014 C-1981-015/Fruita No 1 & 2 ZTT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />RR <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />RN <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NN <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />NN <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />NN <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RN <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />NN <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />RN <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NN <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the Fruita Mine conducted on June 25, 2014 by Zach Trujillo and Luke West of <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS). Weather conditions were clear with the <br />temperature around ninety degrees fahrenheit and ground conditions weredry. The mine permit was revoked and <br />the bond forfeited in 1994. The Fruita Mine site is fully reclaimed and there was no activity at the mine site at the <br />time of the inspection. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />This is a bond forfeiture site and all applicable records are maintained by the Division. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The backfilled and regraded access road was stable. There were no signs of slumping or sloughing. Roughing of <br />the reclaimed site has appeared successful in reducing erosion and increasing vegetation success. <br /> <br />The steep drainage slope remains stable. Minor rills have started to form along the western side of the slope. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The rip rap drainage channel remains stable. Cutting was observed below some of the rip rap boulders. <br /> <br />The sediment pond at the base of the site was dry at the time of the inspection. The spillway was stable and <br />armored with rip rap. Embankments were also stable with no signs of slumping or erosion. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> <br />25 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />