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<br />INSPECTION REPORT - Page 2 <br />File No. 80-224 <br />Date: May 8-9, 1985 <br />OBSER4ATIONS OF IMPORTANCE <br />1. The operation was active during the inspection. <br />2. A portion of the southern permit boundary was backfilled, graded and <br />sloped (between 2:1 and 3:1). <br />a. Weed species constituted the vegetation cover. <br />b. Gully erosion was evident. <br />c. Differential settling seemingly caused a separation between the <br />original highwall face and the unconsolidated backfill material. The <br />highwall was up to one foot higher than the settled backfill material. <br />Water apparently flowed into the "separation crack zone," draining <br />vertically until it reached a point where it flowed horizontally, <br />daylighting further downslope. Head-cutting is evident at the crest of <br />the slope in some of the gullies, and may be moving outside of the <br />permit boundary. <br />3. Topsoil was present on•the undisturbed overburden directly above the <br />currently active highwall face, i.e., no buffer between stripped topsoil <br />and the highwall face exists. <br />4. The topsoil stockpile was partially graded, but not seeded. Erosion of <br />the topsoil stockpile was evident. <br />a. Approximately 3,600 cy of topsoil was estimated (by pacing). <br />5. Asphalt and concrete waste was dumped in piles on the northern boundary <br />of Phase 2. <br />a. It appears topsoil was not salvaged from this area. <br />b. Edges of this area are also sloughing onto the adjacent Santa Fe <br />road. <br />6. Concrete waste was dumped downslope along the northern boundary of <br />Phase 2. <br />a. Topsoil was not salvaged from this site. <br />7. Approximately 30 automotive batteries, at least one containing liquid <br />(perhaps acid), were piled on the site along with myriad other junk. <br />8. An outlet from the on-site concrete batch plant was dispensing a small <br />amount of water, which, after running over the "processing area" floor, <br />proceeded downslope, creating an erosional gully. <br />9. Along the northern slope, concrete waste was poured downslope to <br />stabilize various erosional gullies. <br /> <br />