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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTIN6ID #: ~~-ioA.~me <br />INSPECTION DATE: noromF~cr i~~m INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: g nni <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted at the request of the permitted operator via a written complaint. The site is <br />located in Bent County approximately 5 miles southeast of the town of McClave. The pit is situated on an old <br />alluvial terrace of the Arkansas River and sitsjust north of the active channel of the river. The surrounding terrain <br />is typical short-grass prairie common to Southeastern Colorado. <br />Upon entry to the site, the following observations were made. <br />-The site is presently near maximum disturbance with highwalls along the west and north sides of the pit. - _ <br />_ _ There are two-materiaLstockpiles-on site and the soath one appears to have had a sizeable amount of <br />material removed from it recently. <br />-Little to no reclamation has been pertormed on the site. <br />The current permit holder is Bent County, however, they have apparently lost their access lease to the site and <br />would like to have the landowner transfer the pit into their name. This has not occurred to date and in the <br />meantime stockpiled material has reportedly been sold to a third party, Torrez Construction, and removed from <br />the site. Since Bent County is the operator, they are not allowed to sell material to a third party, however, the <br />landowner is typically able to use material from county pits on their own land. The landowner is not, however, <br />allowed to sell materiol from a county permitted site to a third party. Therefore, a Reason to Believe That a <br />Violation Exists Letter is being sent to both the landowner and Torrez Construction citing that a possible violation <br />to C.R.S. 34-32.5-109(1) may exist for failure to first obtain a reclamation permit prior to engaging in a new <br />mining operation. This matter will appear before the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board on January 22^d <br />or 23~d, 2003. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Garv L. Pritchard <br />OPERATOR: Bent County <br />STREET: Rh. Rc~x 35n <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Ins Animas. (`CJ fllnrid-n3fin <br />cc: r CE <br />r BL <br />r Fs <br />r HW <br />r HMWMD (CH) <br />r SE <br />r WQCD (CH) <br />