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<br />COF2RECT I V~ A: T I ON PLP1V <br /> <br />R,.JC}C ~ILLF~.s. FRJM PFiA_~c 1 <br />INTF~J~.J/TICN: Near the end of the June hearing on the northwest corner amendment <br />for the Snyder Quarry, mention was made by the public of a possible spillage of rock <br />into the drainage which extends from the quarry area into Williams Canyon. The <br />public mentioned a figure of 4 tons of rock located on Cave of the Winds property <br />which is adjacent to the Castle Concrete Conpany property. <br />On June 27, 1999, an investigation was initiated to determine whether any rock <br />had been spilled that far into the canyon. It was known that some spillage had <br />occurred, but until the investigation was conducted it was believed the spillage was <br />virtually all within the mining limit boundary of Phase 1. a,y ra:k located further <br />down the west facing slope below the Phase 1 area had not been noticed. It was <br />quite difficult to believe that rtuch large rock had been spilled. Spillage of rock <br />is costly in lost resource which could be crushed and sold as prod~~ct. For an <br />employee to take an action which costs the company a significant anount of lost <br />revenue is very serious. Thus even suspecting an employee would soil a large <br />amount of rock was difficult to believe. Flowever, thinking back to the past, it was <br />recalled that about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago a dozer operator, who is no longer with the <br />company, had been caught pushing rock contrary to directions. After this <br />recolection, it was considered a possibility that he might have pushed some large <br />rocks into the canyon. <br />INJ~STIG~TICN BY CASTLE fE: The permit and phase boundaries were located on <br />a blue-line copy of a 1977 aerial photo. These boundaries (partic:ularly the permit <br />boundary) were located in the field and photographs were taken, score of which are <br />included at the end of this report. Tne permit boundary photo location uas atop a <br />cliff to the west of Phase 1 and to the south of the drainage in question (see map). <br />It became appare:~t from the permit boundary location that the bottom of the <br />drainage was occupied by a number of very large rocks which appeared to be fairly <br />recent, as judged by their light color. host of these rocks were outside the permit <br />boundary a distance estimated to be a max:rtum of about 175 feet. It also appeared <br />that when these rocks rolled down the steep slope below Phase 1 sine slope damages <br />COf2f2ECTIVE ACTION PLAN SNYL~~2 R,~K S°ILLS PAS 1 <br />