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,' (Page 2) • MINE ID !1 OR PROSPECTING ID # M-Y 981-021 INSPECTION DATE 12/19/01 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO This partial inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Hard Rock and Metal 112 permits. The operator was contacted but was not present during the inspection. The site was not active at the time of the inspection. Only the portal area was inspected, and not the upper roads or vent shaft sites (made part of the permitted area in the original application, and technical revisions nos. 1 and 21. The previous operator's ID sign was posted on the locked gate to the portal area, but no ID sign for the current permittee. No permit boundary markers were noted, either in the boundary locations shown on 1981 and 1983 maps or the different boundary shown on the 1998 map. Due to the lack of a current and complete permit ID sign and no visible corner markers, the topic of "signs and markers" is noted as problem in this report. Please see the last page for the correction date. In an attempt to update the permit maps, the operator provided a new map in 1998. The operator was informed of the numerous inadequacies on the 1998 map (especially the amended boundaries at the portal areal) but the maps were never corrected. The operator has noted thax there are no changes, and therefore no map to provide, in annual reports filed subsequent to the review of the 1998 map. Due to the inaccurate and incomplete map in the file, this report notes a problem under "records." Please see tfie last pace for the correction date. (It is important that complete and accurate maps be prepared, due to the possibility that the eastern toe of the waste dump might extend beyond the approved permit boundary, and that total acreage might be in excess of the approved 20-acre affected areal The pad area contains a metal shop building, fuel and oil storage, parts storage, etc. The fenced transformer platform contains several transformers, two of which appear leaky. They are tagged, not with yellow indicating PBC, not with blue indicating PCB-free, but with a black "te:sted" tag. Since leaks and eventual removal during reclamation are affected by whether PCBs are present, the operator roust provide information as to the type of transformers these are. (This is an item that is required to be addressed, and is included under the "records" problem in the previous paragraph.) The north end of the shop building is the waste oil storage area, except that the time to stop placing more waste oil in the 55-gallon barrel ended awhile ago. There is a barrel full to overflowing, to the point that oil has flowed across the ground. The surrounding area is stained indicating that this practice has occurred over time. There is no spill containment present, and no apparent evidence at clean-up. Ttris is Door hydrocarbon management, and is noted as a problem in this report under acid or toxic materials. All of the contaminated soil must be properly disposed of. All waste oil must be properly disposed of. Please see the last page for the correction date. The portal is not secured against unautf~orized entry: the lock is not connected to anything and the gates swing open. The operator should secure this opening since it presents a potential hazard. This is not noted as a formal problem in this report, but is noted simply as an item which should be addressed, soon. The bond will be reviewed soon, and the operator will be informed of any increase, at which time the operator must provide the additional bond within 60 days. There were no additional items observed. Please see the last page for the correction dates for the problems noted herein. All responses or questions about this inspection report should be directed to this inspector at the Division's Durango Field Office. The address is: Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301; telephone 9701247-5 1 9 3, or fax 970!247-5104. cont.