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L <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-81-112 <br />'i N$PECTION DATE 3/16/99 <br />(Page 2) • <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />This was an inspection of the Builders Aggregate Pit conducted by Erica Crosby of the <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. Jim Miner representing Builders Aggregate Company <br />Inc. was present during the inspection. weather conditions on site were cool and clear. <br />Ground conditions were dry. A mine identification sign was posted at the entrance to the <br />site. <br />The Builders Aggregate Pit is located K mile north of Fort Morgan in Morgan County. The site <br />is permitted to affect 9.0 acres. A mining and reclamation permit was issued to Builders <br />Aggregate Co., Inc. on June 25, 1981. A conversion application was submitted on March 1, <br />1995, and withdrawn by the operator on February 22, 1996. The Division currently holds a <br />reclamation performance bond in the amount of $11,750.00. <br />The site is located directly south and west of the South Platte River in the natural flood <br />plane. Permit boundary markers were not located on site. Mining is actively taking place on <br />the east side of the pit. The pit is being dredged to an estimated depth of 20 feet. water <br />enters the pit from cane factory discharge and groundwater recharge. The west end of the pit <br />was filled in with sediment from the 1995 flood. Flood waters breached through the pit on <br />the west end depositing sand and silts to an estimated depth of 20 feet. The operator stated <br />that mining will proceed west. <br />It was impossible to determine the western pit boundary due to the natural scouring and river <br />material deposited during the 1995 flood. The area was surveyed using the Global Positioning <br />System (GPS) based on the recollection of the operator as to the located of the western <br />extent of mining. The area of the pit was surveyed, and the data was corrected using the <br />Pathfinder Software. Based on the area traversed, the pit disturbance boundary is roughly 13 <br />acres. The survey indicates that the operator is 4 acres outside the permit area. However, <br />without the permit boundary markers in place and remnants of the 1995 flood, is impossible <br />to determine the western limits of mining. The operator will need to post permit boundary <br />markers as required by Rule 3.1.12 of the Construction Material Rules and Regulation, and <br />another site inspection will be required. See page #3 for additional information. <br />If mining has taken place outside the permit area, the operator may be in possible violation <br />of C.R.S. 34-32.5-109(1) or 34-32.5-116 (4)(i) of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the <br />Extraction of Construction Materials. If the operator has mined, or plans to mine, over 9.9 <br />acres in size a 112 Reclamation Permit Application will need to be submitted and approved by <br />the Division. A copy of a 112 Permit Application is enclosed. <br />I & E Contact Address cc: Carl Mount, DMG <br /> ^ CE <br />NAME Sim Miner ^ BL <br />OPERATOR Builders Aggregate Co. Inc. ^ FS <br />STREET 915 West Beaver Ave. ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Fort Morgan, Colorado 80701 ^ HMWhID (CH) <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL NO~ ~- <br />(S ~1`l~ ^ WQCD (cH) <br />l p <br />t <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ^ OTHER <br />