INSPEC20483 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

., • (Page 2) MINE ID f OR PROSPECTING ID f M-83-132 INSPECTION DATE 02/28/95 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection by the Division was performed as a follow up to monitor compliance with corrective actions required as a result of a previous inspection (dated 11/30/93). The operator was contacted about the inspection but was not able to be present for it. There was a little snow and ice on the ground, but that did not prevent the necessary items from being inspected. The Bite has an adequate sign and visible corner markers present. The operator has supplied correspondence from the Water Quality Control Division showing that no stormwater management plan is necessary for this site. That issue was regarded as a problem from the previous inspection. The aforementioned letter from WQCD has now abated that problem. The oil and fuel storage tanks, noted in the previous inspection report ae a problem, have been removed from the permit area. The many piles of limbs and wood debris have also been removed. All those items appear to be stored immediately east of the permit area, on the operator's land. The operator had sent the Division a letter (dated 3(28/94) stating that all this had been removed, and requesting additional time for the complete removal of the extensive concrete and asphalt on the pit floor. Additional time is granted, but the operator ie reminded that any progress toward their removal should be communicated to the Division in a timely fashion. The Division recognizes that these materials are a "resource" in this area, and that the land ie owned by the permittee. But the Division reminds the operator that, within this defined permit area, storage of these materials et ill constitutes a use not in compliance with the approved mining plan and permit, and they are materials whose removal would have to be bonded for. This ie regarded as a use not in compliance because the neither the approved mining plan nor the post-mining land use was for the temporary or permanent storage of these types of materials. The bond must cover their removal because the reclamation toward the approved poet-mining land use is agriculture. If the operator wishes to provide evidence of local government approval that the site may remain ae a storage or disposal site, the materials in question might be in compliance and their removal not required. At this time there ie an existing $5000.00 bond. Preliminary calculations show that this amount would be adequate to reclaim the site, except for the coat of removing the asphalt and concrete, mentioned above. The reclamation bond will be re-evaluated soon, including the removal and proper disposal of the asphalt and concrete. The revised figures, when complete, will be sent to the operator for review. If the operator wishes to influence the reclamation costa, timely removal and reporting of that activity will be important. The site appears stable overall. The pit floor ie flat and sandy. The highwall ie approximately 200 ft long and averages 10 ft high. Mining ie progressing to the east, into a "sand dune." The limits of the sand dune and the eastern permit boundary are only about 50 or 60 ft farther to the east. There is no native topsoil anywhere in this sand dune area. No topsoil is therefore stockpiled or required to be used in reclamation. There were no other items inspected, and no problems observed during this inspection. I & E Contact Address NAME Terrv DeWitt OPERATOR DeWitt Excavatinc STREET 7395 US Hwv 50 CITY/STATE/ZIP Lamar CO 81052 cc: Jim Stevens/DHG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WQCD (CH) ^ OTHER