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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-2001-085 INSPECTION DATE 11/06/02 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC OBSERVATIONS This was a pre-operation inspection of the 124th Estates Sand & Gravel Mine, Permit No. M- 2001-085 conducted by Erica Crosby of the Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology. Les Ewegen of Adams County RV Park, LLC, dba 124`° Estates Partners and Scott Keen were present during the inspection Adams County RV Park, LLC, dba 124`h Estates Partners filed a permit amendment application on October 8, 2002. The amendment application adds an additional 1.51 acres to the site in the form of a haul road. It will be used as a private access road connecting the 124`° Estates Sand and Gravel Mine to 120`h Avenue. The original application filed in 2001 included an access route via an existing driveway off 124`h Avenue. However, approval from Adams County requires access from 120`h Avenue rather than 124`h Avenue. As an interim measure, the DMG recently approved a 110 application for a temporary access road from the Henderson Water Ski Lake (Permit M-2002-107). It is the Division's understanding that this road was approved via Adams County for a 45-day period to allow the operator to obtain approval from the DMG for this amendment application. The mine site is located approximately 1/2 mile of the South Platte River in Henderson, Colorado. The proposed access road would begin at 120`h Avenue and proceed northwest to the mining operation. The road would proceed through an open field consisting of fallow cropland and annual weeds. The road would stay 100 feet away from the Hanson's property line. Construction of the haul road should have no impacts on the Hanson's fence or structures, since minor excavation work is required. The return route will proceed in the same fashion, with exception to the exit on 120` Avenue. The exit route will veer to the west through the Shibli property. The exit route may have some impacts to adjacent structures where it crosses two irrigation ditches and structures on the Shibli property. The irrigation ditches carry water from the Fulton Ditch to the Hanson property. The operator stated that culverts would be placed where the road crosses irrigation ditches to allow surface water rights to be protected. in terms of the structures on the Shibli property, the operator will need to provide a notarized agreement between the owner of the structure and the operator or provide an engineering evaluation as required by Rule 6.4.19. If agreements are forged with persons having an interest in the structures, the agreements must be drafted in the format required by Rule 6.4.19 and Section 34-32.5-115(4)(e), C.R.S. The Division has received one objection to the amendment application from Bob and Terrie Hanson. Three letters in total have been written by the Hanson's and contain the following objections/concerns: The proximity of the drive road to the house...the foundations probably will not take the poundings and vibrations of hundreds of semi trailers every day for a year. The driveway is an easement of record on our deed...safety concerns and how it will remain accessible. Possible impacts to irrigation ditches. The well is located on the SE Corner of the Shibli property, is water quality addressed? Possible impacts to livestock. Possible impacts to septic system. Possible impacts to Shibli structures and infrastructures to the houses. Items #3, 4, 6 and 7 are issues that are under the jurisdiction of the DMG and the Mined Land Reclamation Board. The operator will need to respond to these issues before the Division can make a decision regarding this application. The remaining issues are normally addressed by the local county government during the special review process. Since the date of this inspection, the operator has withdrawn this amendment application (AM- 01) and has re-filed the proposed haul road as a 110 application (File M-2002-113).