INSPEC11938

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 1/16/2007
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments rnclude discussion of observations made
dunng the inspection. Comments also descnbe any enforcement acLOns taken during the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was an aerial inspection flown by Harry Ranney of the Colorado Division of
Reclamation, Mining. and Safety (Division). Oblique aerial photographs were taken and
reviewed in the office on January 19. 2007 by Kent Gorham of the Division. This processing
and loadout site has been inactive since June 2001 after the closure of the Lorencito Mine
(#C-96-084). An application for transfer the permit was initially approved but that approval
was rescinded and is currently pending awaiting resolution of bonding issues that developed
after the approval was granted. Heavy snow blankets the region due to numerous snow
storms that have hit the area in the last month.
Roads were snow-covered and
but rt appears that the operator
has cleared snow from many of
the access roads at the site. No
activity at the site was apparent
on this day. Ponds were snow-
covered but it was evident that
the frozen water level was well
below the lowest discharge point
in both pond 7(facility area) and
pond 6(RDA). Pond 4 appeared
snow-covered but generally dry
as normal.
The Refuse Disposal Area
(RDA) was snow-covered and no
evidence of runoff, slides or
damage was noted in the
photographs taken.
Overall, nothing warranting on-
the-ground inspection was noted
in any of the photographs taken.