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MINE ID # OR PROSPI <br />INSPECTION DATE: <br />INSPECTORS INITIALS: KAP <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />I <br />i <br />1. This inspection was performed as a follow up inspection to the one conducted on September 15, 2005. <br />Present at the inspection was Kate Pickford, DMG. Weather at the time of the inspection was clear, <br />calm, and approximately 60 degrees. <br />2. The inspection conducted in Septe ber of 2005 reveled that water was present in this pit. The <br />inspection indicated that Park Cou ~ ty would need to either backfill the pit to cover the water with at <br />least two feet of material or acquire the proper permits from the Office of the State Engineer to allow for <br />the exposure of groundwater at the site. Park County notified the Division on April 10, 2006 that it was <br />processing a water augmentation plan substitute supply plan for the site and had been in contact with <br />the local water commissioner. <br />3. Inspections of other Park County pits were conducted on June 15, 2006 with Doug Keith, from Park <br />County Road and Bridge. During those inspections, Mr. Keith stated that the water that had previously <br />been in this pit was gone, and was likely water related to runoff and precipitation, which had <br />evaporated. During this inspection; if was observed that less water is present in the pit than was there <br />during the September 2005 inspection, but that some water still remains exposed in the pit. It is this <br />inspector's interpretation that the porous material being mined would not retain surface water runoff for <br />a period of months while it evaporates, but that the water in the pit is exposed groundwater. The <br />groundwater level fluctuates seasoi ally and therefore the water level in the pit fluctuates. <br />4. Park County has still not submitted any documentation to the Division indicating that it has applied for a <br />water augmentation plan or substitute supply plan with the Office of the State Engineer. Therefore, this <br />problem is not considered to be resolved and Park County must still supply proof that it is authorized to <br />have exposed groundwater at the i ite. <br />I & E Contact Ac <br />NAME: <br />OPERATOR: <br />STREET: <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: <br />Cc: ^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ SE WMD (CH) <br /> <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />X Other: Harry Posey, DMG <br />I <br />