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• Permit No: M1980183
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: MINERALS PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 6/1/1999
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-60-183
INSPECTION DATE_June 1, 1999 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS TAS
OBSERVATIONS
1. A site inspection was made of the Brannan Sand & Gravel Pit No. 29 in order to determine
if there has been any significant reclamation work completed since the last ground inspection
by the Division on January 15, 1998. Mr. Fred Marvel of Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. was not
present during the inspection.
2. The site inspection confirmed that all disturbances noted on January 15, 1998 have not yet
been reclaimed and that additional disturbances have occurred in the Phase 3 & 4 areas. The
January 15, 1998 site inspection was the basis for the Division's calculated reclamation cost
of $413,400. As noted in the Division's January 15, 1998 inspection report, the existing
financial warranty of $89,435 is inadequate to assure reclamation of the existing
disturbance. The Division then made a request of the operator to submit either a replacement
warranty of S413,900 or a supplemental warranty of $323,965 by March 31, 1998. Other options
given to the operator to resolve the financial warranty concern included A) submit an
application for an amendment to the permit which may result in more cost effective mining &
reclamation and a lower reclamation cost, B) perform reclamation to lower the reclamation
liability to the level of the current financial warranty, ie: $89,435, or C) perform some
combination of A & B.
3. To date, the financial warranty for Brannan Pit No. 29 remains at $89,935 and none of the
options listed in item 2 above have been completed. Therefore, the financial warranty for
the site remains inadequate and Permit No. M-80-183 is not in compliance with Rule 4.2.1(1).
Rule 4.2.1(1) requires that all financial warranties shall be set and maintained at a level
which reflects the actual current cost of fulfilling the requirements of the reclamation
plan; fulfilling the applicable requirements of the reclamation plan.
9. Subsequent discussions with Mr. Marvel indicate that Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. is willing
and able to submit either a replacement warranty of $413,400 or a supplemental warranty of
$323,965 by no later than June 18, 1999. Therefore, this date will become the new date for
corrective actions to resolved this problem as noted on page 3.
I & E Contact Address
^ CE
NAME Mr. Fred Marvel ^ BL
OPERATOR Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. ^ FS
STREET P.O. Box 1606. 4800 Brighton Blvd. ^ HW
CITY/STATE/ZIP Denver, CO 80216 ^ HMWMD (CH)
^ SE
cc: Carl Mount, DMG ^ WQCD (CH)
Barb Chiappone, DMG ^ OTHER
Certified Mail Return
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