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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: ~~-ieRn_~s~ <br />INSPECTION DATE: 7/24(0 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: KAP <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed as a follow up to an inspection conducted on June 15, 2006. Present at <br />the inspection were Kate Pickford and David Bird, DRMS Weather at the time of the inspection was <br />clear, calm, and approximately 80 degrees <br />2. During the previous inspection, it was discovered that a large portion of the active pit contained <br />exposed groundwater. The permit for this site does not include parameters for the exposure of <br />groundwater. This problem was also cited in a previous inspection report dated May 10, 2001. At the <br />time of the 2001 inspection, Mr. Keith, of Park County Road and Bridge, informed the inspector that the <br />water in the pit was likely due to recent snow melt and precipitation and that it would be gone in a <br />month or two when the water evaporated. The previous inspector conducted a follow up inspection <br />on August 22, 2001, to find that the pit was dry. Mr. Keith explained the presence df the water in the pit <br />during the 2006 inspection in the same manner as at the 2001 inspection that encountered water in the <br />pit. During the 2006 inspection, it was noted that it was the inspector's interpretation that the porous <br />material being mined would not retain surface water runoff for a period of months while it evaporated, <br />but that the water in the pit was exposed groundwater. The groundwater level fluctuates seasonally <br />and therefore falls below the level of the pit floor later in the year. <br />3. The 2006 inspection was followed up, pt the request of Park County, to confirm the observations in the <br />2006 report. Although the level and amount of exposed water in the pit was reduced relative to the <br />2006 inspection, water is still present in the pit. The County must complete the measures necessary to <br />become in compliance with the permit (see problem 1, page 3). <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Jim Lvnn <br />OPERATOR: Park County Road and Bridge <br />STREET: P_C) Box 147 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Fcrirpjay CCU RO440 <br />Cc. ^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />X SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ Other: <br />