2015-02-04_INSPECTION - M1980183

• Permit No: M1980183
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 2/4/2015
• Doc Name: Inspection
• From: DRMS
• To: Brannan Sand and Gravel Company LLC
• Inspection Date: 1/22/2015
• Email Name: TOD
• Media Type: d
• Archive: No

PERMIT #: M- 1980 -183
INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: TOD
INSPECTION DATE: January 22, 2015
OBSERVATIONS
This inspection was conducted by Tom Kaldenbach and Tyler O'Donnell of the Division of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety (Division). Brannan Sand And Gravel Company, L.L.C. (Brannan), the Operator, was
represented by Fred Marvel, Louis Bustamante and Josh Oliver. Tom Hatton with Applegate Group Inc., the
consultant representing Brannan, was also present during the inspection. Norm and Charlene Einspahr the
adjacent landowners were present during the inspection.
Pit 29 is a 176.24 -acre 112c Construction Materials Reclamation Permit. Pit 29 is located in Adams County
approximately 0.75 mile northeast of Henderson Colorado, just southwest of E -470, and east of the South Platte
River. The approved post- mining land use is developed water resource.
This inspection was conducted to verify compliance with the requirement to eliminate flooded conditions in the
Einspahr pasture that is located next to Pit 29. The elimination of flooded conditions in the pasture is required
by an Order issued by the Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board) on November 13, 2014. Based on the Order,
the effective deadline for eliminating the flooded conditions in the pasture was January 17, 2015. The January
17, 2015 date is derived by counting 60 days from November 18, 2014, the date Brannan began implementing a
required Temporary Ground Water Mounding Mitigation Plan (see Table 1, below, for deadlines specified in
the Board Order).
Table 1— Deadlines specified in November 13, 2014 Board Order.
Required Action
Deadline
Date Action
Evidence of Completion
Completed
Submit Temporary
November 7, 2014
November 7, 2014
TR submittal date
Ground Water
Mounding
Mitigation Plan
Commence
November 18, 2014 (5
November 18, 2014
MW -4 well data collected
implementation of
days from November
November 18, 2014
Temporary Plan
13, 2014, the approval
date of the Temporary
Plan)
Eliminate flooded
January 17, 2015
Not completed as of
Not completed, see
conditions on
(within 60 days after
January 22, 2015
following discussion
Einspahr property
implementation of
(current) inspection
Temporary Plan)
During the current inspection, portions of the Einspahr pasture appeared to have partially dried out, compared to
conditions found during the Division's most recent inspection on September 18, 2014 (see attached photos).
Several areas in the pasture, however, were still submerged during the current inspection (see photos 2 thorough
6). Water depths appeared to be less one foot in most of the submerged areas. The total combined area of the
submerged areas appeared to be less than 1 acre.
The Operator's Temporary Ground Water Mounding Mitigation Plan (TR -4) specified the following activities:
monitoring of well MW -4, surveying of elevations on the Einspahr property, evaluation of temporary mitigation
options, and implementation of an appropriate temporary mitigation option. Possible options noted in the TR -4
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