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Bdwv ate commearf m the iupecuca 7be commcatf nchde diftarfqu of obfetvffimf mfde ducQthe ofpeclion Commrmf ~Ifo describe ony mtacemrn egicos taken doing the m+Pectioa attd the facts a ewdepCe pypaW~{ the enimcweLL acCOa K~' This inspection report details the results of two separate inspections. The first inspection was the result of a citizen complaint. The citizen complaint inspection took place on the morning of Wednesday, November 19, 1997. The citizen complaint inspection was a joint inspection with the Delta County Health Department. The second inspection was a complete inspection conducted as part of the normal I&E program. The complete inspection took place in the afternoon of Wednesday, November 19, 1997 and the morning of Thursday, November 20, 1997. The report on the citizen complaint inspection is listed first. The complete inspection report is listed second. 'Ibis was a joint inspection by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, represented by Jce Dudash, and the Delta County Health Department, represented by Keith Lucy. Mr. Lucy had received a complaint from Mr. Meryl Mitchell, a landowner adjacent to the Terror Creek Loadout, which is down gradient of the Bowie No. 2 Mine. On November 13, 1997, Mr. Lucy contacted the Division about the citizen's concern. Since the Division was going to do inspections the following week in that area, it was agreed that Mr. Lucy, Mr. Mitchell and myself would meet in the field at 9:00 am on November 19, 1997. Lee Bailey of Bowie Resources Limited joined in on the discussion in the field. Mr. Mitchell and his wife own an organic produce operation on land which receives surface water from, among other sources, the Deer Trail Ditch. Mr. Mitchell was concerned that the organic certification of their produce operation would be jeopardized by the pond B discharge from the Bowie No. 2 Mine. Besides sediment, pond B would also handle the discharge from the future sewage treatment plant as well as any oil or grease from mining operations. Mr. Mitchell did not want to take a chance with their organic certification and was requesting that the pond B discharge be prevented from affecting his operation. The water from pond B flows through culverts under Old Highway 133, then overland into the Deer Trail Ditch, which, then, flows over the Terror Creek Loadout property, and finally, onto the section of the Mitchell's property that contains the organic farming operation. Mr. Mitchell proposed a solution that would involve the Terror Creek property. If the Deer Trail Ditch water could be diverted by 100 feet of pipe into a drainage which lies to the west of its present flow, the ditch water would still pass onto the Mitchell property, but to the west of the organically certified section. The diversion point is on the Terror Creek Loadout property, as is the present flow path and the proposed new flow path. ~~