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iii iuiiiiiiiiu iii 999 Arkins Park Stone Corp. Sprague- Red Lyons Quarry ermit No. M-81-058 ~~ ~'~ IL4c~~C'~{ 1,2 iltit z°~ f\:~v~ CY,t,~ ~ ~1\ 5{r~C~.YI()CG:t Il~ll•,Ln~4~r} - October 13, 1998 DMG received anonymous clomp it ant letter; ~7„rl1-~t'/ ~CZtn,?Z.1 • Neil Sprague is not staying within the mining permit area, _ i i ~ ~^ ~' I~%A.~-( Ll ~l'lz-t'~ • Pushing topsoil and rock over the edge into an undisturbed canyon. ' I • No topsoil has been saved for reclamation ~= 14~t1u '~;,nC~J~Z'n~, -.'> n~ November 1 I, 1998 DMG inspected the mine - ILL ~~, a}.~ l- ~}}~~~j trt I`? 13 • Mine ntap approved by DMG depicts three separate quarries for a total of 9.9 acres. ~ • Quarry #2 location of disturbance. Large rocks and overburden were pushed to the ~ ~ ~ 'y ~U~9 [Y.(hl-. south-west of steamboat valley road. Topsoil was not salvaged prior to disturbance. • M+~temap.approva#-by-DMG-depiet9-a-pertionof the permit boundary to the south-west of-steamboat-Valley-Road. Permit boundary markers could not be located in [his region- DMG unable to determine the extent of disturbance located outside the per it area. ~ • DMG required operator to post pemtit boundary markers south and'we`sf ot~[eam~ibat Valley Road & a second inspection would be conducted to detemtine if the disturbance fell outside the permit area. December 31, 1998 Operator notified DMG of installed permit boundary markers and mine l.D. sign (photos provided). January 4, 1999 DMG received a second citizen complaint letter by Dallas Mourer; • Topsoil, trees, etc... arejust pushed over the edge down into a pristine valley, • Rubble and big huf;e boulders are also pushed over the side. The top edge of the valley has been extended now at least 50' from where it was 6 months ago, • Reclamation; For at leas[ eight years there hasn't been one attempt to reclaim anything and now they are pushing everything over [he edge a hundred feet or more clear [o the bottom- this stuffcam't be reclaimed at all. • Size of Quarry; Permit says 9.9 acres- well it surely looks like a lot more has been destroyed than 9.9 acres. January 1~, 1999 DMG conducted follow-up inspection and concerns noted in 2"d citizen complaint letter. • Inspect location of permit boundary markers west of Steamboat Valley Road & overall size of disturbance using the global Positioning System (GPS). • Disturbance pushed over Steamboat Valley Road 0.33 acres outside the permit area. Roughly 150 feet wide and Z00 feet down the canyon. See GPS Map. • Disturbance outside of Quarry #3 0.2 acres in size. Material was pushed to the southeast to create a flat wort:ing bench roughly 250 feet long, 40 feet wide and IS feet high. See GPS Map. • Total affected area 8.1 Acres (9.9 allowed), but roughly 0.5 acres outside the permit area. • The Division required the operator to revise the 110 application w/ the disturbance or submit a 112 conversion application ~ ~~~(~T~ Cr \ ~,~ ~tuEt~ {~ ~~ ~ I~ January 20, 1999 DMG notified operator that the disturbance noted outstde of quarries 2 & 3 1t,tl t~' ~ (for a total of 0.5 acres), may be in violation of 34-32.5-116(4)(1) of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials for failing to protect areas outside of [he affected land from slides or damage during the mining and reclamation operations. Slides (?) ~ i~7~~ 1~Jr.~i .. ' l i ,~~~It ~~., -~