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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID ~ OR PROSPECTING ID / M-91-097 <br />INSPECTION DATE 6-9-93 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ACS <br />This pit was inspected for environmental compliance, compliance with the permit terms and <br />Mined Land Reclamation Act, as well as bond amount adequacy. <br />1. The required entrance sign for the pit was posted at the intersection of the access road <br />and Highway 550. The permit area corners are marked by lengths of white PvC pipe driven into <br />the ground. The operator would like to develop the pit using the road along the east side <br />as the east boundary, and the power line along the south side ae the south boundary. The <br />operator has maintained sufficient set-back to ensure stability of the power poles up to this <br />point, and must be diligent to stay back from the poles in the future. The operator should <br />submit a new map depicting the permit area boundaries ae they will eventually be developed, <br />keeping in mind that the permit area can not exceed 9.75 acres. <br />2. The operator has stockpiled topsoil in several locations. Although there is an abundance <br />of topsoil available within the permit area, it is important that sufficient soil be <br />stockpiled to reclaim all areas under disturbance at any point during the life of the pit. <br />Any soil stockpiles that will remain for more than one growing season should be graded to a <br />stable configuration (3:1) and seeded with quick cover perennial grass mixture. <br />3. The pit was active at the time of this inspection, with two wheel loaders excavating the <br />east and west high-walla (the pit is accessed by ramps to the pit floor on the north and <br />south sides). Pit run was being loaded directly into trucks and hauled from the site, also <br />gravel was being crushed and stockpiled using portable equipment at the north end of the pit. <br />The current pit ie approximately 2 scree in size and ie located at the south-east corner of <br />the permit area. The processing facilities and stockpiles take up an area of approximately <br />1.5 acres north of the pit. <br />4. A rocky overburden material ie stockpiled above the west highwall, and will be used to <br />back-fill the east high-wall once it is played out. The operator's plane for concurrent <br />reclamation, if implemented, are adequate to keep the bond amount for this operation at the <br />existing level ($7500.00). If more than 5 acres are to be disturbed, without concurrent <br />reclamation, at any point during the life of the pit, the bond amount would have to be <br />adjusted. <br />5. Although I neglected to discuss this with the operator at the site, it is assumed that <br />this operation does not have a Storm Water Discharge Permit. In 1987, the US congress <br />amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges from industrial sites <br />as requiring Clean Water Act controls. In 1990, EPA issued regulations that require specific <br />industrial activities to obtain permits in order to discharge stormwater from their <br />facilities. Active and inactive sand and gravel mining operations where stormwater comes <br />into contact with overburden, raw material, intermediate products, byproducts, finished <br />products or waste products located at the mining site are specifically included. The <br />deadline to apply for a stormwater permit was October 1, 1992. If, in fact the operator has <br />not applied for a stormwater permit, application must be made ASAP. <br />I 6 E Contact Address cc: Jim Stevens, DMG <br />NAME Ruth Abbott <br />OPERATOR Western Earth Movers <br />STREET 23000 Highway 550 South <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Montrose, CO 81401 <br />