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`J`' Are there any non-mining related disturbances created within the permit boundaries by third parties (landowners, county road crews, oil and gas drilling contractors, railroad crews, etc.)? No. Describe how the site is marked or identified. Does sufficient information exist to direct interested persons to DMG? The site is not adequately marked. The original Mine ID sign was apparently vandalized and is no longer present. DMG is arranging to have a sign made and erected at the site. (ii) Whether, and to what extent, there exist on the site impoundments, earthen structures, or other conditions that pose, or may reasonably be expected to develop into, imminent dangers to the health or safety of the public or significant environmental harms to land, air, or water resources. a) A highwall remains in place above the Fruita #1 bench, ranging from 10 to 60 feet high. The vertical highwall was drilled and blasted from competent sandstone and shale strata in the summer of 1977, and shows no sign of erosion, sloughing, or instability. There is a 5 to 30 foot wide bench at the crest of the highwall which would intercept rockfall material from the steep slopes above. There are no protective structures such as fences or guardrails safeguarding the highwall, but given the relative remoteness of the site from populated areas, there would not appear to be a significant safety risk to the public. The site does receive use by hunters, target shooters, and other recreationists, as evidenced by tracks, litter, spent shells, etc., mostly concentrated on the relatively flat #1 Mine bench. Risks posed by the highwall would not appear to be inherently greater than those posed by sandstone outcrops and escarpments of similar height, which are common in the Bookcliffs in the vicinity of the mine. b) All portals at both the #1 Mine and the #2 Mine have been backfilled and graded. The #2 Mine portal area was returned to approximate original contour, while the #1 Mine portal area was not returned to approximate original contour. Rather, the reclaimed configuration is a narrowly "U" shaped, relatively flat bench, approximately 150 feet wide at its upper end where the portals were located, and approximately 300 feet wide at its lower end along the crest of the outslope. The bench is approximately 350 feet in length and is encircled by the highwall, with a steep (1.5:1 to 2:1) rocky fill slope below the bench, which extends for approximately 400 feet to the narrow draw at its base. The actual portal backfill slope at the upper end of the bench was graded to an approximate 3:1 slope, extending for approximately 50 feet from