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• (Page 21 • MINE ID ~ OR PROSPECTING ID 7l M-2000-030 INSPECTION DATE 4 13 00 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection was performed by the Division as apre-operation inspection fora 112 Construction Materials permit application. The applicant and his agent were contacted about the inspection and were both present for the inspection. Mr. Gosney was present for the first half of the inspection; Mr. Allen was present throughout the inspection. The required Notice for this application was posted at the main northeast entrance, and was also posted at the secondary south road to the site. The north boundary of the 77-acre permit area is marked by a barbed wire fence. The west boundary is marked by an old barbed wire fence. Crossing the site are overhead powerlines on double poles, a buried gas pipeline, and various pre-existing private dirt roads. These are mostly well represented and described in the application materials lexcept for one road in the south end which follows the ridgeline between the powerline and the south boundaryl• The area is dry, rolling upland. Predominant vegetation is pinyon-juniper type, with scattered sage and other brush, and thin grasses, cactus and (orbs. Topsoil occurs irregularly, but mainly on the more level areas, with the minor ephemeral drainages exhibiting less soil and more of the underlying cobble deposit. Drainageways lead away from the site on the east and south sides. The utility corridor contains no woody vegetation, being seeded only with grass and maintained as such. There was a small occurrence of knapweed near the dirt road intersection within the prassv utility corridor. It does not appear to have spread vet to the adjacent wooded areas nor to be a very large patch vet either but its successful eradication will depend on prompt treatment This should be brouoht to the attention of the landowner, utility easement entity and the county weed control authority. This infestation if unmonitored and untreated. has the potential to become too large to eradicate or economically control. The weeds are not a result of any mining activity. and at this time is not regarded as a problem in this report. The operation will maintain setbacks from perimeter areas and the utility corridors. Access to most of the site will be via a new road entering the area from the east. Access to the south end will be either by crossing under the powerline or via the secondary road from the south. The mining will be carried out in phases from north to south, excavating westerly into the hillside from the east, and creating a pit floor down to the high elevation of the utility corridor, daylighting on the east. All drainageways will be avoided to minimize potential sedimentation problems. There will be large amounts of slash and woody debris produced through the stripping prior to mining. Large material will be carried away as firewood, with smaller material either burned or allowed to mix with the salvaged topsoil. The application was briefly discussed, and further application-related correspondence will be contained in letters sent under separate cover. There were no problems noted at this time. For all questions or responses to this report, please contact this inspector at the following address or phone: 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango CO 81301; tel 9701247-5193 or fax 970/247- 5104. I & E Contact Address NAME OPERATOR STREET CITYISTATE2IP Don Gosney AGRI-DLD. LLC P.O. Box 367 Bavfield CO 81122 cc: Tom Gillis, DMG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD ICHI ^ SE ^ WOCD ICH) ^ OTHER cc: Kirk Allen, Southwest Land Services, P.0. Box 2673, Durango CO 81302