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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-igR~-naa INSPECTION DATE: a-~-n~ INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: RK The Division conducted a monitoring inspection of the site on 4-5-02, at the request of a citizen's complaint. The site is a 110-construction material located 3 miles East of Divide Colorado, along HIGHWAY 24. On 4-4- 02, Mrs. Darlene Johnson, a resident near the gravel pit contacted the Division and raised the following objections regaMing the operators plan to place a temporary asphalt batch plant on site. 1) The crushed aggregate for the asphalt batch plant is contaminated with Cyanide, and other metals and is being placed in Trout Creek drainage, because the material for the Asphalt batch plant is being imported from the Cameron pad (M-1991-034 PERMITTED BY CC8eV AND OPEARTED BY CONELLY CONSTRUCTION, WHICH PROCESS AN OLD CYANIDE LEACHED ORE). 2) The material from the asphalt batch plant has the potential to contaminate potable source of surtace and ground water. 3) Does the operator have the permit from DMG, to operate an asphalt batch plant? She wanted the Division to wnduct an inspection prior to the County hearing date (4-10-02) and let her know if the operator is indeed in violation of his approved permit. She was assured that the Division would conduct an inspection of the site on 4-5-02 and let her know of our findings on Monday 4-8-02. She was informed during the phone conversation on 4-4-02, that even though the material to be used as an asphalC batch plant was from previously leached ore, it was decommissioned and approved for release after it met the material characterization for leach pads, in acwrdance with Mined Land Rules and Regulations and is considered inert. In addition since the asphalt batch plant was going to be in place for NO more than 30 days, and in an area already affected and bonded for, it would not require a REVISION SUBMITTAL. She was also informed contrary to what she believes, the material is not from any of the pads that were operated by CC8:V, rather from a pad that was operated by Minerex corporation, that went bankrupt in 1985 AND THE PERMIT REVOKED IN 1987. CC&Y acquired the property at a later date and the site was converted to a Construction Materials permit in 1996 to process the leached ore as an aggregate. Since that time, Conley Construction the operator under the CC&V permit has been selling the material to Pioneer sand and Ute sand and gravel. Under Construction material permit, operator does not need an additional permit to transport the material from the site to anywhere in the country. She thanked the Division for the information and asked to be sent, a copy of the inspection report. present during the site inspection were Jerry Johnston the permitee and Larry Medill of Kirkland Construction. There was approximately 40,000 tons of crushed Cameron pad aggregate located in the middle of the already affected pit floor. No material was placed inside the Trout Creek Drainage. The pit floor is sloped towards highway 24 and there is no possibility for any drainage to reach Tout Creek.The Trout creek side also has a berm measuring approximately 7 feet in height. The permit is in compliance with the Division of Minerals and Geology approved reclamation permit. On 4-8-02, contacted Mrs. Darlene Johnson and informed her over the telephone of the above findings and told her a copy of the inspection report will be forwarded to her.