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a <br /> <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG along with Mike <br />Elder of Robinson Brick Company. The site is located approximately 16 miles northwest of <br />Kiowa, Colorado. The pit consists of two separate parcels located on the drainage divide of <br />Box Elder Creek and Kiowa Creek. The "Red" pit is located immediately adjacent and just south <br />of Elbert County Road 194, also known as County Line Road, in the Box Elder watershed and the <br />"Buff" pit is approximately one mile east and just south of the road in the Kiowa watershed. <br />The Red Pit consists of a fairly sizeable pit and the associated clay stockpile. There was <br />a fair amount of water in the bottom of the pit which seems to serve as a sediment control <br />structure by receiving runoff from the area around the clay stockpile, the pit disturbance <br />and the topsoil stockpile just south of the pit. During the next inspection, the pit should <br />be checked for the presence of water so that DMG can characterize whether this is truly <br />surface water and not groundwater. <br />The Buff Pit consisted of a very small disturbance and associated material stockpile which <br />could almost be characertized as an exploration pit. Unfortunately, the disturbance <br />contained a substantial stand of the prohibited noxious weed Centaurea diffusa, commonly <br />known as diffuse knapweed. As a result, this is being cited as a problem on page three of <br />this report along with appropriate corrective actions which will be to incorporate a noxious <br />weed control plan into the permit application and site operation. The plan should include <br />things such as methods of weed control, treatment windows, follow-up, etc. In addition, the <br />plan should be specific about when and how this particular stand of diffuse knapweed will be <br />treated. The earliest this could probably occur is during the spring of 2000, but follow-up <br />will be critical to fully eliminate this infestation. <br />This concluded the inspection. <br />I & E_ ontact Addres <br />NAME Mark S. Chalmers <br />OPERATOR Robinson Brick Comoanv <br />STREET 1845 West Dartmouth Box 5243 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Denver. CO 80110-1308 <br />CERTIFIED MAIL NO. Z 379'x-3~"l~l <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />cc: Jim Stevens <br />^ CE <br />^ HL <br />^ FS <br />^ ~ <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />