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• <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-77-129 <br />INSPECTION DATE 6-19-98 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />footers, which would not feasibly serve any purpose relating to cattle feeding, must be <br />bonded for removal. <br />The Division will be calculating the updated reclamation cost estimate in the near future. <br />A copy of that calculation will be forwarded to the operator at that time. <br />To address the operator's response to problems listed in the 3-10-98 inspectiop report, the <br />Division responds: <br />Problem No. 1 - Settling Pond Access Road <br />Response acceptable under current conditions. <br />Problem No. 2 - Wash Plant Settling Pond <br />Though the wash plant facilities were added to the permit in 1977, the facilities were never <br />described and no financial warranty was ever submitted for removal of the structures. <br />Additionally, the settling pond was never permitted to be an excavation nearly 30 feet deep <br />with near vertical embankments. The Division will include, in the revised reclamation cost <br />estimate, costs for removal of the wash plant and pipeline, and elope reduction for the <br />settling pond. The operator will need to submit a revision to the permit to incorporate <br />details of these facilities, as well as any other non-portable facilities that do not support <br />the post-mining land use. <br />Problem No. 3 - Spill Containment <br />Response acceptable, though the Division highly recommends a much more restrictive <br />containment basin to minimize required cleanup efforts in the event of a spill. <br />Problem No. 4 - Revegetation of Stages X, Y, and 1 <br />Though the property is for sale, and currently being considered by the Colorado River <br />Recovery Proqram, the Division does not consider a potential real estate sale as a valid <br />reason to delay performing required revegetation of the site as per the approved reclamation <br />plan. Even if the land was sold, the reclamation requirements would still be in effect. <br />Therefore, performance of the approved revegetation tasks for these sites are already late, <br />and must be performed during the fall of 1998 to avoid a possible enforcement action. <br />NAME Edward M. Gardner <br />OPERATOR Whitewater Bldg, Materials Coro. <br />STREET ~. O. Box 1769 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Grand Junction. Colorado 81502 <br />CERTIFIED MAIL NO. Z 443 190 338 <br />Return Aeceipt Requested <br />(Page 3) <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />XX OTHER <br />cc: Jude Sirota <br />Mesa County Weed and Pest Insp. <br />Tri-River Area <br />CSU Coop. Extension <br />P. O. Sox 20,000-5028 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81502-5028 <br /> <br />