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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1987-151 <br />INSPECTION DATE 9/25/07 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted as part of the Division's routine monitoring of permitted sites. The <br />Soderquist Pit is approved for 9.0 acres affected land with on-site processing to include crushing, <br />screening and batching of asphalt products. Affected lands will be reclaimed to support Rangeland post- <br />mining land use. Two photos accompany this report. <br />Trucks were being loaded from a 10,000 cubic yard stockpile of processed material. The loaded trucks <br />were departing the site for various locations within the county. Most of the mineable material appears to <br />have been extracted from the existing pit area. Minor amounts of unprocessed material appeared <br />available for extraction and processing at the south end of the permit area. The Operator discussed <br />various options for expansion of the permit area to the west. <br />According to apre-permit site inveritory prepared by the Shavano SCD, the site was mined prior to the <br />permit. Topsoil was not salvaged from pre-permit mining activities and therefore not available for <br />reclamation purposes. The existing vegetative cover was weedy and composed of Foxtail barley, <br />Quakgrass, Wooley Mullen, Cheatgrass, Stinging nettles, Kentucky bluegrass, Narrowleaf Cottonwood <br />trees and willow shrubs. Recommendations for reclamation from the SCD included grading to 2H:1V and <br />broadcast seeding of Smooth brome grass, Orchard grass and either Clover or Alfalfa. The approved <br />reclamation plan indicates grading will ensure slopes no steeperthan 3H:1V, topsoil replacement atthree <br />to six inch depth, and seeding per SCD recommendations. <br />No problems or possible violations were observed. <br />Response to this report should be directed to the Division's office in Durango at 701 Camino del Rio, <br />Room 325, Durango, CO 81301, to the attention of Wally Erickson, phone 970-247-5469. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Brian Wilson <br />OPERATOR Montrose County <br />STREET 161 S.Tawnsend <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Montrose, CO 81402 <br />cc: Tony Waldron, DRMS <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />