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• (Page 2) • <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-82-141 <br />INSPECTION DATE 12/16/99 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS TAS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />1. A site inspection was made of the Juniper Limestone Quarry as part of the Division's 4- <br />Year Inspection Program. Present during the inspection was Mr. Darryl Steele of Moffat <br />Limestone Company. <br />2. The Quarry was active at the time of inspection. All disturbances appeared to be within <br />the permit boundary and in accordance with the approved mine plan. Mr. Steele has done a <br />commendable job of maintaining a "clean" operation and performing contemporaneous reclamation <br />in a manner that blends in with the surrounding topography. This inspector estimates the <br />major and moderate disturbance to be approximately 9.5 acres. There is also a finished <br />product storage area of 5-7 acres near the intersection of County Road 57 and the access road <br />to the quarry. The storage area also serves as the headquarters for the quarry with truck <br />scales and office/trailer. 'i'he storage area is located on lands leased from Urie Ranches, <br />Inc. and will be revegetated to rangeland following completion of mining at the quarry. <br />Portions of the remaining disturbed acreage are owned by the Bureau of Land Management. <br />3. The Juniper Quarry is permitted for 63 acres. The operator has submitted a financial <br />warranty of $45,750 in the form of a Letter of Credit. The post-mining land use is wildlife <br />habitat. The operator has already completed several acres of reclamation by using <br />interburden, overburden, and other waste materials to form a hillside that blends in with the <br />surrounding topography. A significant portion of this reclaimed waste pile/hillside has also <br />been topsoiled and seeded. <br />4. This inspector estimates the current disturbances at the pit to be as follows: <br />2 acres of well compacted tench/processing area <br />6 acres of pit floor that will require finish grading to reclamation contours <br />500 linear feet of highwall averaging 40' high at a 0.5:1 slope <br />1.5 acres of waste pile to be graded, topsoiled, and seeded <br />4 acre-feet of overburden above the pit walls to be backfilled & graded <br />1.3 miles of access road at 20' wide, to be reduced to 12' wide during reclamation <br />2 flatbed trailer loads of non-roadable mining equipment <br />5-7 acres of office, scales, and product stockpile area near County Road 57 <br />approximately 18.7 acres requiring revegetation <br />5. The Division has calculated a total cost of $94,600 to reclaim existing disturbances at <br />the Juniper Quarry. (See attached costs). Therefore, the site is adequately bonded to <br />complete the reclamation plan. Please note that the mine plan specifies a maximum <br />disturbance of 10 acres at an}• one time. Since the current operation has 9.5 acres of major <br />and moderate disturbances and the current reclamation liability is only $1,150 less than the <br />existing financial warranty, t:he Division recommends that the operator minimize the size or <br />acreage of any further pit disturbance. In order to ensure that the site remains in <br />compliance with the mine ple~n and is adequately bonded, the Division suggests that the <br />operator reclaim portions of the pit disturbance where possible prior to further expansion <br />of the pit. As an alternative=, the operator may revise the mine plan through the Technical <br />Revision process to allow for a greater disturbance at any one time and increase the amount <br />of financial warranty provided. <br />6. Signs and markers were posted as required by Rule 3.1.12 <br />7. No concerns or problems were noted. <br />