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~~_ <br />.. <br /> <br />INSPECTION REPORT - PAGE 2 <br />FILE N0. M-83-140 <br />DATE: May 9, 1986 <br />OBSERVATIONS OF IMPORTANCE: <br />1. Site has been recently mined. Fresh scars are present on rock faces and <br />crushed and loose uncrushed dolomite material is piled on the lower <br />level area. <br />2. No crushing equipment is on site. Present are a road grader, two front <br />end loaders, and a dump truck. Aweigh station, scale house, and <br />equipment storage area are located southwest of and adjacent to the <br />permit boundary. <br />3. Mr. Clint Williams informed me that hauling of stockpiled crushed rock <br />will begin in the near future. <br />4. The cedar area has been stripped of most vegetation. No topsoil or fine <br />materials have been stockpiled. <br />5. Don Rapp has informed me that a new 112 application is forthcoming which <br />will include a total of 38 acres and the scale and scale house area now <br />being used. <br />6. No environmental or safety hazards are apparent. The activity worked <br />rock face contains loose but temporarily stable rock. No impact was <br />noted to the intermittent stream bed west of the permit boundary.' <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />1. The operator should attempt to salvage and protect fines which are <br />generated during crushing and blastings. These fines will facilitate <br />reclamation efforts upon completion of mining: <br />2. If the cedar area is mined, any topsoil or fines present should be <br />salvaged and stockpiled in the northwest corner of the site. This <br />topsoil should additionally be seeded with blue grams and sand dropseed <br />to protect it from wind and water erosion. <br />/tmb <br />0243E <br />