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_~ `.. <br />' REGION V ON-SITE INSPECTION ~ !~•:`. <br />ROCKCASTLE COAL CO., (GRASSY CREEK MINE) <br />P.0. BOX AA, HAYDEN, COLORADO 81639 <br />DATE: May 25, 1979 <br />TIME: 11:A. - 4:P. <br />WEATHER: Sunny, Clear and Warm <br />COUIITY AND STATE: Routt County, Colorado <br />STATE PERMIT: No. 78-45 <br />COt4PANY OFFICIAIS:Don Pfallory, Larry Tomes <br />STATE OFFICIALS: Dean Pfassey <br />OSM OFFICIALS: Larry Damrau, Eileen Doherty <br />GENERAL COhAtENTS <br />~~ ~~~'~' <br />JU!11 -• fi 19i9 <br />f~il~i!FD LNiVD REf,LA~lIG.~•^N <br />Colo. Dent. of fdatwal Per;~~rces <br />Grassy Creek Mine is located approximately seven miles south o£ state route 40 <br />on Windy Point Road and approximately one mile west on the unnamed roads north- <br />west of and ad,Jacent to Grassy Creek. Federal coal Ss NOT mined at this opera- <br />tion and all surface ownership is private. The company is operated under tfSHA <br />identification number OS-03173 and NPDES permit number CO-0035653. <br />COMPLIANCE WITH INTERIM REGULATIONS <br />715.11 GENERAL OBLIGATIONS <br />Requested authorizations to operate were available at the mine site <br />A mine map to satisfy the requirement of part (c) of this section <br />was received at OSM Region V Office on May 31, 1978. <br />715.12 SIGNS AND MARKERS <br />A mine '2nd permit identification sign, buffer zone markers and top- <br />soil markers were observed during the inspection and found acceptable. <br />715.14 BACKFILLING AND GRADING <br />Grading operations had been conducted on the northwest portion of the num- <br />ber 1 pit within Section 32, but at the time of inspection, the earth <br />moving equipment (dozers and scrapers) were being utilized on the con- <br />struction and upgrading of the access/haulmads within the permit area. <br />Although steep slope mining is not addressed in the approved plan, por- <br />tions of the mining operation may be operating on slopes 20 degrees or <br />greater. This was brought to the attention of the state regulatory <br />autho r i ;y . <br />715.15 DISPOSAL OF SPOIL AND WASTE MATERIAL <br />A small portion of spoil material was observed deposited adjacent to the _ <br />access/haul mad and Grassy Creek at the point within the extreme north <br />central portion of Section 32 where the access/haulroad to the Number ~~':. <br />2 pit crosses over Grassy Creek. Violation No. 1 of Notice of Violation <br />79-V-3-22 was issued for failure to dispose of spoil within an area <br />approved by the regulatory authority. <br />I <br />