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<br />(Page 2) <br /> <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-R3-719 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 7/17/nn INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: JCS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted in order to check compliance of the operation with the requirements of the <br />Act, Rules, and the conditions of the permit. The site was inactive at the time of the inspection. The County <br />was represented by Rodney Hopkins during the inspection. <br />The ID sign was in order. Much of the boundary of the approved permit/affected area is curved and difficult <br />to mark, but it is required to be. The County representative was able to identify markers for the SE and NW <br />corners of the permit area for this inspector, but marking for the curved boundary between those two <br />markers was unclear. If, as the County representative indicated, the curved portion of the permiVaffected <br />area boundary is supposed to be marked by piles of soil or rock, there should be more of these installed so <br />that the limits of the approved permit area are made clear to the County's equipment operators as well as <br />the Division's inspectors. The dimensions of the permit area are clearly indicated on the maps with the <br />permit application; so it should not be too difficult to mark this part of the permit/affected area boundary. <br />This is a compliance problem that will be included on Page 3 of this report. <br />The County representative was uncertain about the location of the topsoil stockpiles. It was his belief that <br />there was essentially no topsoil to salvage. While it appears that the approved Exhibit B-Mining Plan-First <br />Replacement confirms this by not committing the County to salvage and stockpile topsoil, this aspect of the <br />Mining Plan conflicts with other information in the permit application as well as with the approved <br />Reclamation Plan. Exhibit D-Second Supplemental Soil Conservation Service Soil Information from the <br />permit application states "The calculated volume of topsoil to be available for revegetation is approximately <br />3751 cubic yards." The approved Exhibit E-Reclamation Plan-First Replacement indicates that nine to <br />twelve inches of material (referring to topsoil) will be removed and stared for reclamation purposes, that all <br />topsoil within the affected area will be stored, and that storage will be in a stockpile as indicated on an <br />accompanying map. There is, in fact, a map in the permit package that includes a location for a topsoil <br />stockpile in the northwest corner of the permit area. Somehow, this conflict between the requirements and <br />commitments made in the approved permit application must be resolved. This is a compliance problem <br />that will be included on Page 3 of this report. <br />As was pointed out by the County representative, there was apre-permit pit located immediately south of <br />the present permit area. There is a map in the permit application that confirms this. Consequently, the <br />disturbance associated with this pre-permit operation is clearly not part of the County's reclamation <br />responsibility. <br />CERTIFIED MAIL NO. <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Rodney Hopkins <br />OPERATOR: Kiowa Counri Commissioners <br />STREET: P.O. Box 591 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Eads. CO 81036 <br />