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<br /> <br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-1980,-007 <br />INSPECTION DATE: n.5/n9mn <br />OBSERVATIONS <br /> <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: ~I K <br />The following observations were made during an inspection in response to a complaint <br />received through the Larimer County Planning Department. It was believed that the <br />Operator had gone outside the boundaries of the permitted 2.5 acres. <br />1) The boundaries have been adequately marked with fencing, road boundaries, and <br />posts, except along the face where the questionable disturbance occurred. An a <br />review of the reclamation and mining maps led DMG to the conclusion, after seeing <br />the site, that the permit boundaries for this site may follow the upper ridge <br />around the mapped area, and do not extend downward toward the creek. Please mark <br />the boundaries near the disturbance, so we may determine where the limits of the <br />permit area are. (P81) <br />2) The possible excess site disturbance appears to be less than 0.5 acres along the <br />east side of the site, down the hillside from the permitted area. Shale rocks have <br />slid down the hillside toward the creek, but have been restrained from choking or <br />entering the creek before this point in time by a system of netting and chicken- <br />wire that extends across the bottom of the slide area. When the site was inspected <br />on May 9`°, a 15'long chicken-wire restraint area between two trees had collapsed, <br />leaving a hole in the restraint netting which allowed rocks to tumble through and <br />into the creek. <br />3) Topsoil adequate to finish reclamation has been salvaged and stored at the site. <br />4) The Operator's representative present at the time of the inspection said that the <br />problem had been noted by the Operator, and that additional measures were being <br />taken to prevent any further damage to the creek, and to repair the current <br />disturbance. These measures were to include railroad ties, a chain-link fence, and <br />the building up of the rock wall at the bottom of the slope. <br />DMG wishes to conduct a second follow-up inspection of this site prior June 23, in <br />order to judge the efficacy of the Operator's reclamation measures as well as more <br />accurately measure the off-site disturbance. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Glenn Southwick <br />OPERATOR: Masonville Excavating <br />STREET: 220 W .o m)v Rd. 84. P.O.Box 1103 <br />CITY/STATE{ZIP: Masonville. r0 80/5~49 -~- ~ ~ ~/"~/ <br />cc: ^ BL \~r V ~ Z <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />Other <br />~Ta~DeLude <br />Larimer Cty Planning Dept. <br />P.O. Box 1190 <br />Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190 <br />aG 8` _23.3 00,E <br />