2014-12-30_INSPECTION - M2013018

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PERMIT#:M-2013-018 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS:PSH INSPECTION DATE:December 17,2014 OBSERVATIONS This was a conversion application (CN-01) pre-operational inspection of the Harms Pit conducted by Peter Hays with the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division/DRMS). Mr. Lonny Graves with Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating, Inc. was present during the inspection. The 110c to 112c construction materials permit conversion application was received by the Division on November 10, 2014. The application was deemed complete on November 21, 2014. The decision due date is February 19, 2014. The Applicant published public notice as required by Rule 1.6.2(d)for four consecutive weeks. The last notice was published on December 18, 2014, based on comments by the Operator. The public comment period for the application will end on January 8, 2015. No objections have been received by the Division to date. The notice sign was observed during the inspection as required by Rule 1.6.2(b). The Division mailed the first adequacy review letter for the application package on December 24, 2014. The conversion application will increase the permitted area from 9.98 acres to 32.2 acres as required by MV- 2014-024 and the Mined Land Reclamation Board Order effective September 3, 2014. The conversion permit area includes the access road from WCR 127 to the western permit boundary. As required by the Board Order,the Operator shall cease and desist any further activity on lands affected outside the approved permit boundary, with the exception of environmental maintenance, reclamation, or corrective actions until the Operator complies with the corrective actions and pays the civil penalty imposed by the Order. The conversion application is required to be in approvable form by March 2, 2015 as part of the corrective actions. The site was inactive at the time of the inspection. No mining equipment or additional mining disturbance since the previous inspection was observed. The four corner boundary markers for the conversion area were installed and marked with survey pins and wooden stakes at the time of the inspection. The conversion area consisted of cropland with evidence of a recent dry-land wheat crop. The proposed post-mining land use for the site is rangeland. The slopes will be reclaimed at a 3H:1V slope with 6"to 12" of topsoil replaced during reclamation. Pre-operational photographs taken during the inspection are attached. No problems were noted during the inspection. Inspection Contact Address Mr. Doug Keller Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating, Inc. 215 Main Street Pine Bluffs, WY 82042 Cc: Tom Kaldenbach, DRMS Page 2 of 5