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• (Page 21 • MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-84-025 INSPECTION DATE 3/17/99 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of 110 Construction Mater+al permits. The operator was contacted about the inspection and was present at the beginning of the inspection. After walking the affected area and discussing reclamation, an attempt was made to jointly loc to the permit boundary markers, but with no success. Markers were found but all seemed to be for surveys of the entire roperty boundary and/or new fencelines. An adequate permit ID sign was observed posted on the entrance gate post. Si ce the ermit boundar corrective action date. The permit area is a rectangle encompassing 9.47 acres. A county road passes diagonally throw h the NW corner of the permit area. The county road and a small parcel of land across the road to the NW appear to be i cluded in the permitted land. This NW corner of the permit area exhibits signs of mining in the past, but that area is now f nced to prevent access and there is no sign of recent disturbance. That area may not require any additional reclamatio . The site contains no mining equipment, and has not been actively mined in several years. The currently affected area consists of a fairly level processing and stockpiling area just inside the ate to the S and E, and a shallow pit farther to the S. The stockpile and processing area is gravel covered and/or asp alt paved on its entire surface. A few small stockpiles of gravel are located on the E edge of the area, and a large pile of natural fines" is located on the W edge. This large pile may contain upwards of 10,000 cubic yards. The operator sta ed that this material is produced through onsite processing, and being "reject" material, will remain onsite. It will provi a valuable backfill, and may even be useful as a growth medium with or instead of soil. The pit is located toward the S end of the affected area. The pit floor ranges in depth from abo 4 deep on the E to 10 feet deep on the S and W. Ii daylights on the N end. The highwalls are at 1:1 slopes or steeper Much of the E and W edges of the pit are flanked by berms of topsoil. The volume of these stockpiles was not esti ated. Additional areas adjacent to the S end of the pit exhibit recent stripping, probably in preparation of upcoming mini This S end of the pit and stripped area reaches nearly to a new fence, which runs roughly east-west. There is a small amount of debris in the pit. After the operator departed from the site, this inspector measured the perimeter of the site, notin all pertinent onsite and offsite features. These notes and measurements were used to draw a sketch map of the site. T e sketch ma does not resemble the recent) Submit ed annual re ort ma s nor the initial ma s submitted with the ermit lication. In fact, the sketch was overlaid on one of the early maps, and a si nificant amount of offsite disturbance is )earl indicated. This and as required by Rule 6.3.5. See the last paae for the corrective action date. The financial warranty was recalculated several years ago, and it is nearly time to again estimata~ the reclamation costs. The costs might be influenced by a future Board order to reclaim or amend the permit, so recalculating the bond will be Possible corrective actions to be completed to bring this pit into compliance may include immediat ly reclaiming all offsite disturbance, or to convert the existing 110 permit to a 112 permit which includes all mining distu bance. Please contact this inspector at the number below before initiating any actions.