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(Page 3) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-91-136 <br />INSPECTION DATE 01/22/98 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />areas in question according to the approved plan, OR to submit a proposed change to the <br />reclamation plan which if approved the operator will commence. In either case the <br />operator must commit to following the plan, commence that activity and provide evidence of <br />such commencement, by the date shown on the last page of this report. <br />There are still many acres to be topsoiled, according to the plan. The plan calls for the <br />pit to be allowed to fill with water at the conclusion of mining. However, the operator <br />stated that this site will not become a pond, but will continue to be used for stockpiling <br />materials and processing operations into the distant future. If the pit is not going to <br />become a pond (which will require that it be dewatered indefinitely), and if any portions <br />of the slope surfaces are not be revegetated (in particular, where permanent facilities <br />are located), the operator should revise the reclamation plan and post-mining land use for <br />the permit. This is required since the future of the site will be different than what was <br />originally approved. This may affect the permit in several ways: the bond amount will <br />likely be able to be reduced, there should be no "problems" of not following the <br />reclamation plan, and if the existing use of the site is the same as future post-mining <br />land use, then those portions of the permit area might be eligible for release. This last <br />part will be affected by whether the site will process only material from off site, which <br />seems assured since this pit is mined out. <br />The last item to report is the topic of "topsoil". It is noted as a problem on page one. <br />The site contains insufficient amounts of stockpiled topsoil for reclamation under the <br />existing plan. As mentioned above, there is an adjoining permitted site which supplies <br />this one with process material. That adjoining site contains a surplus of topsoil, which <br />the operator stated will be used on this site. This condition is not described or <br />approved in either permit file. The operator should submit such a statement of commitment <br />to salvage topsoil from that site, and stockpile it on that site, until such time that it <br />is to be used on this site. The statement should include volumes needed, map of locations <br />where stored, methods of protection during stockpiling, and areas where it will be <br />respread. For the purposes of this importing of material for reclamation, please refer to <br />the Notice requirements in Rule 3.1.5(9). Please see the corrective action date shown on <br />the last page of this report. <br />There were no other items observed or discussed during the inspection. <br />If there are questions or responses to this inspection report, please contact this <br />inspector at the following address or phone: <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />484 Turner Dr., Bldg. F-101 <br />Durango CO 81301 <br />Phone: 970/247-5193. <br />I & E Contact Address cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />NAME Paul McGehee ^ BL <br />OPERATOR United Companies of Mesa County ^ FS <br />STREET P.O. Box 3609 ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZZP Grand Junction CO 81502 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ sE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />