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(Page 2) <br />MINS ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1979-191 <br />INSPECTION DATE S/01/03 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />0888RVATIONB <br />This was an inapection of the Three Bella Pit conducted by Erica Crosby of the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. Kevin Moore of Lafarge was present during the inapection. <br />A 117 Mining and Reclamation Permit was issued on October 13, 1981. The site is located 2 <br />miles southeast of Timnath is Larimer County, Colorado. The permit area encompasses 360 <br />acres, but only one pit (out of six) has been mined and reclaimed. The Division currently <br />holds a bond in the amount of $60,000.00. <br />Pit #5 was mined in 1999, and has since been reclaimed to a groundwater Iake.~ ,The pond is <br />approximately 74 acres in sine. Pond elopes are 3h:ly or less, and well vegetated with <br />perennial grasses. The operator will need to demonstrate compliance in regard to water <br />rights, and provide the Division with an approved augmentation plan or substitute water <br />supply plan issued by the Division of Water Resources, Office of. the State Engineer. <br />Demonstration of compliance with the OSE must be submitted by July 75, 7003. The reclaimed <br />pond configuration is different than what was approved in the reclamation plan. The operator <br />will need to submit a revision to the permit depicting the actual configuration of Pond #5. <br />The revision moat be submitted no later than July 75, 7003. <br />According to Lafarge's aerial photograph, an area immediately north of Pond #5 was affected <br />by mining. It does sot appear that the area was mined, only graded on the surface. The <br />operator failed to revegetate this area, thus allowing annual weeds to dominate the site. <br />The operator will need to control the weeds and revegetate the disturbed area either this <br />spring (if time allows) or no later than this fall with the approved seed mixture. Proof of <br />compliance moat be submitted in the form of receipts or photographs by November 71, 7003. <br />overburden material and topsoil piles have been stockpiled on the south and west end of the <br />permit area. It is unclear how this material will be used for reclamation since a majority <br />of Pit #5 has been reclaimed. The remainder of the Bite has not been affected by mining. <br />According to the operator, additional wetland and wildlife habitat studies must be conducted <br />before the other areas are mined. In addition, Lafarge may eventually amend the permit to <br />include a parcel immediately west of ponds #5 and #6. <br />I & 8 Contact Address <br />^ CS <br />NAMfi Mary Harnett ^ HL <br />OPfiRATOR Lafarge Weat Inc. (~ FS <br />STREET 1800 North Taft Hill Road ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Ft. Collins, CO 80571 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ S8 <br />_ ^ WQCD (CH) <br />Cc: Carl Mount; DMG (via electronic transmission) <br />