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<br />(Page z) <br /> <br />NONE ID M OR PROSPECTiN6 ID N IF81F27B <br />INSPECTION OATS 06.12.95 a1SPECTOR'S OffTL1IS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />Thle was a complete luspectlon of the Trlaugle Oue pit conducted for the purpose of recalculatlng the reclamatlon coat eetlmate for the succeaeloa <br />of operator hom Smlthco COnetroctlou sad Excavatlng to Durango CoueWCtlon, lac. The operatlan la permitted ae a dry gravel pit aDDroved to dlemrb <br />82 acres. The gravel le to be extracted la several layers with reclamatlon proceeding directly behlad the excavatlon ou the lowest level. <br />The eutlre permit area has beau mlued at lase[ one level. There are apprexlmately four levels In the pit with the lowest accurriug at the south sari. <br />Some of the benches are shawlug shale on the Doar sari may he mined out Durango Conatructlon, Inc. whs Juet succeeded to the permit, has <br />Indicated that as apptlcatlon for couveraloa to a 112 permit will follow the succeaeloa of operator approval. <br />Review of the permit lumcatee that the power Due through the site was not Ideutlfled during the permlttlug process. The operator will seed to address <br />this (and soy other atntcmre within 200 feet of the proposed affeded area) lu their conversion apptlcatlan. Some of the power Dne poles are located <br />adJaceut to hlghwalle created by the pit excavatlana. The operator will seed to provide documentatlon that the power company which owns the Dne <br />le awaze of the condltlone at the alto. The operator w1I1 need to provide a demonstratlon of elope etablDtg for any elopes which may adversely affect <br />say structures or fadtltlee wlthlu 200 feet of the affected area, or submit m agreement between the operator sari the owner of such structures which <br />addresses repair or compeueatlan for damages to these structures. <br />The topsoil stockpiles as site are covered with su lufeatatlan of thistle sod otber weedy species. The operator should perform measures to eradicate <br />these weeds sad seed the etoekplles (sari any other weed patches within Dte permit area) to stablDze these areas with perenWal, desirable vegetatlon <br />ae defalled In the approved permit. <br />The reclamatlon coat eetlmate for this site le currently belug recalculated se required by the succeaeloa of operator process. Thle eetlmate will be <br />forwazded to the operator la the ueaz Nmre. <br />Iu 1987, the D.S. congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly Include storm water dlschazges from Induetrlal epee ae requlriug Clesu Water <br />Act coatrals. la 1990, EPA Issued regulatlaua that require epecltlc IudueWal actlvltles to obtain permits lu order to discharge storm water from their <br />[aclDtles. Actlve sad Inadlve mlWng operatlone where storm water comae Into contact with overburden, raw material, Intermediate products, <br />byproducts, RWehed Draducts ar waste products located at the mlWag alts aze epeclDcally Included. The deadllue to apply for a storm water Dermlt <br />was Ocmber 1,1992. If a storm water permit for this mine has not yet bees obtalued, the operator moat apply for such a permit, as saou as passible, <br />to Colorado Dapartmeut of Health, WOCAP&B2, 9300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Deaver, Colorado 80222-1530. If say storm water control sWctures <br />aze regWred to be caustrocted at the mine ae a result of the storm water permittlag process, a revision moat then be submitted m this Dlvlslaa to <br />Include the operatloual and reclamatlon aspects of such structures In the Reclamatloa Permit. <br />1 & B Canted Address <br />NAI1~ 6ou Pettl¢rew <br />OP®L1TOR Duran¢o ConeWCtlou, lac. <br />STREBf P.O. Bo: 2707 <br />CH7ISTATBILLIP Duraa¢o, Colorado 81302 <br />cc: Tom 611De, DNI6 <br />^ CE <br />^ EL <br />^ FS <br />^ ~ <br />^ ~~ 1~~1 <br />^ SE <br /> WOCD (C~ <br />^ OTHER <br />