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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: nn_~eeR_nre <br />INSPECTION DATE: t]6/~zrn5 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: KI S <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a "pre-operation" inspection prompted by Grand Gravel's application to convert their existing 1 l Oc <br />reclamation permit to a 1 12c reclamation permit. Eight of the 9.57 acres to be added to the permit area for the <br />conversion are already permitted as a 1 1 1 operation by Lafarge as the Parshall Pit, under Permit No. M-2005-024. <br />Division inspector Kathleen Sullivan met Ms. Marilyn Curry and Mr. Richard Curry at the site. Mr. Curry accompanied <br />Sullivan on the inspection. The Currys own the land that is the subject of this permit and conversion. <br />The identification signs for both operations were properly posted at the entrance to the mine site and the affected <br />area boundaries were clearly marked. Stakes marking the proposed boundaries for the 112 conversion permit also <br />are in place. An approximately 5 feet by 575 feet (0.05-acre) strip of vegetation has been scraped just outside the <br />western boundary of the 1 1 1 site by Lafarge at the request of the landowner-the Currys, as confirmed by a July 14, <br />2005 letter from Mr. Curry. The Division has determined this is not a problem. A truck trailer and some approximately <br />60-inch diameter piping for the asphalt hot plant was set outside the permit boundary on the 1 1 1 site. These items <br />had been removed by Lafarge by a July 13, 2005, inspection of the site. <br />Mr. Curry reported that the only seed to grow on the large topsoil pile on the western portion of the pit during the <br />drought has been western wheatgrass. The pile was reseeded last year. The vegetative cover is adequately <br />stabilizing the topsoil pile. Mr. Curry indicated that thistle and other noxious weeds are cut down as they appear. <br />Mr. Curry stated that they plan to start reclaiming -grading and topsoiling -the north end of the pit this fall. To <br />ensure no topsoil is lost, the operator should maintain a 10 to 15-feet buffer of topsoil salvage in the advancing area. <br />Three large tanks on site were empty water tanks. A diesel fuel storage tank on the old pit site was in aplastic-lined <br />bermed containment area. A larger diesel fuel tank in use on the 1 1 1 site was also in a bermed,plastic-lined area. <br />Mr. Curry inquired as to what would be necessary to amend the conversion application to add approximately 100 <br />feet on the west side. This information has since been communicated by telephone and in the July 5, 2005 <br />Adequacy Review letter. <br />A small portable crusher and screen is on the 1 l Oc site. Amore extensive screening operation is underway on the <br />111 site operated by Lafarge. The pit at the 111 site is excavated 1 1 to 12 feet deep. <br />(Please see the 7 pages of photos that accompany this inspection.) <br />No problems were noted related to Grand Gravel and the conversion application <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Mr. Richard Currv <br />OPERATOR: Grand Gravel <br />STREET: P_n_ Rox 936 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Krammlinh~Cn Rn4.59 <br />cc: Julie Mikulas <br />Lafarge West, Inc. -Highway <br />1800 N. Taft Hill Rd <br />P.O.Box 2187 <br />Ft. Collins, CO 80522 <br />cc: CE <br />BL <br />FS <br />HW <br />HMWMD (CH) <br />SE <br />WQCD (CH) <br />OTHER <br />