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RPR 11 '90 16:L1 CYPRUS YRMPR VRLLEY ~ _ <br />~ + ~~ /. <br />REGION V ON-SITE INSPECTION REPORT <br />ENERGY FUELS CO1iPORATION <br />~}3 Aline <br />lfox G <br />Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 <br />DATE: November 7, 19J9 <br />'TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. <br />COUNTY 6 STATE: Routs County, Colorado <br />COMPANY OFFICIAL: W. Richard (Rick) brown, Ptanager of Engineering <br />STATE OFFICIALS: None <br />OSt9 OFFICIALS: Ronald Gregg and Dennis Winterringer <br />STATE PERMIT N0: 76-16 <br />MSlkA T.D. N0: OS-02710 <br />NOV NUPiBER: 79-5^18-6 <br />GENERAL COPLMENTS <br />P.6i7 <br />The (f3 Mine is one of three (3} Energy Fuels Corporation mines wiehin the same <br />proximity in Rouct County. According to employee Rick Srown, ¢he company is <br />the largest coal producer in Colorado. <br />The date of the last Colorado Division of Mined hand Reclamation (MLR) inspection <br />for the 43 Mine is unknown. This particular mine had apparently never been in- <br />spected by OSM, so this visit constituted an initial inspeceiow. <br />On one end of the 476-16 permit, Energy Fuels had begun an underground coal <br />mining operation in the highwall created during the coal striping operation. <br />Thie mine is not yet fully operational since the conveyor system; from the portal <br />is not yet completed. Mr. Brown stated that Pittsburg and Mid+~ay Coal Mining <br />Company would also begin an underground operation in the same vicinity in the <br />coming months. <br />GOMPLIANCE WITH INTERIM REGULATIONS <br />721.12(x) Right of Entry <br />Communication problems 'between the inspectors and Rick grown caused <br />some minor problems concerning OSM's right of entry onto the mine. <br />To prevent further misunderstanding on subsequent inspections, all <br />inspectors should attempt to contact :lr. tSrown or otl.~er reclamation <br />personnel. Apparently it is company policy that no G5M inspector <br />should enter the minesites without being accompanied by the appro- <br />priate company personnel. <br />715.11(b) Authorizations to Operate <br />The mine plan (Permit IF76-16~ as issued by the Colorado MLR Board <br />vas reviewed at the mine office. <br />r <br />