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(Page 2) MINE ID .{ OR PROSPECTING ID ~ M-92-113 INSPECTION DATE 01/30/96 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring program of active 112 permits. The operator was contacted about the inspection, and the representative named on page one was present at the inspection. The financial warranty is a corporate surety in the amount of $50,000. It ie sufficient to reclaim the present disturbance. The operation has a stormwater management plan, No. COG- 500873. The permit sign was posted at the entrance near the county road. The permit corners were marked with a steel post. The topsoil and overburden piles were located apart from the rest of the operation. They were vegetated and appeared to be et able. There appeared to be a sufficient amount to perform the reclamation. The permit boundary is very irregular. The area is laid out to follow the gravel deposits in three "finger ridges". The area's western portion is the largest and there is a large pile of sand/fines there. Excavation has left several small, but vertical, highwalls. These should be backfilled soon, since they are very close to the boundary and there is not a sufficient buffer strip from which to push material down. The eastern portion is only partly disturbed. Excavation is shallowest there, not apparently deeper than six feet. Part of that area has been backfilled, though it has not been graded. There is a portion of that eastern end, estimated at more than one acre, which has not been disturbed. The center portion of the permit also has been disturbed by excavation, though its depth decreases as the mining progressed toward the south, ranging from 20 feet to two feet. There is a large amount of sand/fines are stockpiled here too. Throughout the entire permit, there are approximately 100,000 tons of sand/fines, which the operator does not use, but is of great value to the county. The operator is currently in the process of transferring this permit to Bent County. Though the corners were marked, probably the combined factors of the complicated boundary, rolling terrain and weeds along the edges of the disturbance, may have been responsible for an area of offsite disturbance. The area between the eastern and central "fingers" of the permit was stripped, shallowly excavated and partly backfilled. The size of the area is about one acre. This has been noted as a possible violation on page one, and the corrective action is explained on the last page. There are several options the operator may wish to consider pursuing to begin correcting this, in addition to whatever the Board may require. 1) The operator may want to begin full reclamation of the offsite disturbance and not modify the boundary. 2) The operator may want to file an amendment to enlarge the permit area, since there is no acreage limitation to 112 permits. 3) The operator may want to modify the permit boundary yet keep the permit area the same size, by "trading" undisturbed acres inside the permit for disturbed acres outside the permit. (TO remind the operator: this was performed at the S Bar C in 1995.} None of these options eliminate the fact that offsite disturbance occurred, a possible violation which will be brought before the Board. But the options to begin to correct the problem may be undertaken prior to the Board meeting. If the operator wishes to discuss any of the items in this report, please contact this inspector. There were no other problems noted during this inspection discussed with the operator after the inspection. I & E Contact Address NAME Ira Paulin - John Carder OPERATOR Carder Inc. STREET PO Box 721 CITY/STATE/ZIP Lamar CO 81052 cc: All the items in this report were Jim Stevens/DMG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WQCD (CH) ^ OTHER