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M1NE ID # OR PROSPECi1NG ID #: nn_~nm-ina <br />INSPECTION DATE: >>/Z/nx INSPECTOR~SINITIALS: KAP <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed as part of the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety's four-year <br />monitoring program. Present at the inspection were Kate Pickford, DMG, and Phil West, Alamosa <br />County Road and Bridge Department. Weather at the time of the inspection was clear, calm, and <br />approximately 60 degrees. <br />2. A sign is posted at the entrance to the site and the boundaries are easily identifiable in the field. The site <br />is adjacent to a pit operated by Southway Construction, and the south boundary of the county pit <br />extends across the shared access road for the sites and into a stockpile affiliated with the Southway site. <br />The disturbance at this site consists of a large, square pit covering most of the permitted site, 15 to 20 <br />feet deep. The highwalls are graded to 3:1 slopes and the west slope is covered with topsoil and <br />vegetation is becoming established. <br />3. During this inspection the southwest corner of the pit was being backfilled. A large ditch had eroded <br />out in the corner of the pit, probably due to overflow of an irrigation ditch on the adjacent property. <br />The erosional feature was almost completely filled in and graded flush with the remainder of the slope <br />at the time of the inspection. <br />4. There is still some area in the eastern portion of the permit area that can be mined out. Currently the <br />topsoil is stored in this area of the permit. The topsoil stockpile is devoid of adequate vegetative cover <br />and if the county does not apply the stockpiled topsoil by next summer, the pile must be seeded with <br />appropriate vegetation to comply with the Rules and Regulations for the Extraction of Construction <br />Materials. <br />5. According to Mr. West, the county intends to continue using the site for obtaining material. Mr. West <br />indicated that the county plans to submit an application to convert the site to a 1 12 permit. <br />Alternatively, the county has been approved to mine to depths of 40 feet at the site. Therefore, in lieu <br />of a conversion to expand the acreage, the county could continue to mine deeper in the existing pit. I <br />the county chooses to submit an application for a conversion to a 1 12, the Division will not need to <br />conduct an inspection of the site relative to the application if the application is received within 60 days <br />of this inspection. <br />I & E Contact Address Cc~ ^ BL <br />NAME: Phil West ^ FS <br />^ HW <br />OPERATOR: Alamosa County Road and Bridge ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />STREET: P n Rax 1JA ^ SE <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Alamaan CCU R1lnl ^ WQCD (CH) <br />X Other: <br />