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,- <br />INSPECTION REPORT - PAGE <br />FILE N0. M-84-089 <br />DATE: March 18, 1986 <br />OBSERVATIONS OF IMPORTANCE: <br /> <br />The total disturbed acreage may exceed the permitted 9.92 acres. hU' <br />estimate (not verified by any measurements) is 12 to 13 total acres <br />disturbed by this mining operation. <br />2. The topsoil stockpiles are immediately adjacent to the wet mine pit; are <br />not sloped to a stable configuration; are haphazardly placed; and have <br />not been stabilized by planting. The possibility of loss due to <br />slumping into the pit, being accidently processed and sold, or blowing <br />away is thus higher than it should be. <br />3. As was reported in the October, 1985 annual report, the maintenance of <br />the 100' buffer zone between the pit and the river has obviously been <br />problem. It has obviously been disturbed in order to maintain its <br />width. Furthermore, in places, it still may be narrower than 100'. <br />The processing area is well organized and clean. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />1. Proceed with all possible speed to complete the acquisition of a 112 <br />permit for this site. This 112 permit must include all of the present <br />disturbance as well as any other planned additions. I strongly suggest <br />that Valco, Inc. plan to submit the financial warranty for the 112 <br />permit (the amount of which will be set by the Board) within two weeks <br />of the scheduled April 23-24, 1985 Board meeting. <br />2. Dress up any and all topsoil stockpiles appropriately. They should be <br />placed well back from any active mining operations (as well as the <br />river), placed in one designated area, sloped consistently to 2H:1V or <br />gentler, and revegetated with a perennial grass cover crop. This <br />dressing up of these stockpiles should be accomplished this spring, by <br />no later than May 31, 1986. Please send our Division proof of your <br />completion of these activities by that date. <br />3. Continue to monitor and maintain the 100' (undisturbed, to the extent <br />possible) buffer zone between your mining activities on this site and <br />the river. if this becomes a continuing problem, you may wish to <br />consider moving your disturbance even further from the river. <br />4. Given the fact that this entire site is to be incorporated into a new, <br />112 permit, I feel that these few potential problems can be essentially <br />resolved as a part of the permitting process for the Pueblo East Pit. <br />am concerned, however, that the problem of potential topsoil loss be <br />corrected as soon as possible. <br />/tmb <br />cc: Mr. Bruce Cramb, Valco, Inc. <br />8754E <br />