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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: nn-te~~-387 <br />INSPECTION DATE: "~-~'~-ns INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: Inn <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a monitoring inspection to evaluate Prowers County's compliance with the permit, regulations and the <br />Act. Jake Wilson represented Prowers County and accompanied the inspector. <br />This pit is on a hillside and it is mined to near the permit boundary on all sides. Some of the permit highwalls <br />have been reduced to reclamation grades. However, the approximately 30 feet high pit wall in the northwest <br />corner is very steep and very close to the permit boundary. If the highwall in that area is reduced to <br />reclamation grode by cutting in this area, land outside the permit boundary will be affected. To avoid this the <br />County will have to amend the permit to add land or backfill that area to achieve reclamation grade. There is <br />some material on the north highwall that could be used for this purpose, if it is not removed in gravel extraction. <br />There is a topsoil stockpile near the entrance to the pit and it appears that a small amount of material has <br />been borrowed from it. Prowers County should prevent others from borrowing from the pile so that there will be <br />sufficient soil for final reclamation. <br />There is a small section on the southeast side of the pit where topsoil was not salvaged and gravel extraction is <br />causing the loss of topsoil. The County should remind the pit operators that they have a requirement to salvage <br />all of the topsoil. <br />Overall, the operation is, for the most part, in compliance with the permit. <br />The identification sign is properly posted and the boundaries are well marked <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Mark Dorenkama <br />OPERATOR; Prowers County <br />STREET: 1(19 F Sharmnn StrPPt <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: I mm~r, C(7 Rin59 <br />Cc: Harry Posey- DMG <br />