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Garfield Energy Corp. <br />Revoked -DMG administered <br />Sunlight Mine <br />C-81-046 <br />Partial special focus inspection <br />4/25/2000 <br />Mitch Rollings, 370, OSM <br />David Berry, DMG <br />This was an inspection for the bond forfeiture off site impacts special focus topic. The <br />goal is to determine the extent of off site impacts associated with bond forfeiture mines. <br />The bond for this site was forfeited in 1987. Additional and final reclamation was <br />performed in the fall of 1999. <br />We were not sure if the disturbance in this area was pre- or post law. Slopes are about <br />1.5:1 and look like refuse material. Only the top of this area has been mulched. <br />The portals in the upper middle area have been closed. This and the chute area have all <br />been mulched. The slopes are about 1.5:1 and appear to consist of refuse and scoria. <br />The upper west area was a storage area and it has been topsoiled. It has fair vegetation. <br />All runoff from the upper areas go through a sedimentation pond located at the east end <br />below the pre-law dump. Given the nature of the steep and raw configuration of the <br />slopes, it's a good thing the pond was not reclaimed. <br />There is what appears to be an irrigation cana] at the bottom of the hill. There is a pipe <br />between the canal and the river that appears to have water high in iron discharging. We <br />cannot determine the source of the pipe, but Dave is fairly certain it doesn't originate <br />with the mining operation. <br />