_INSPECTION - C1996083 ‎(32)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 11/16/2007
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations
made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the
inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS. Bill Bear
represented the operator, Bowie Resources LLC.
Hubbard Creek Vent Shaft Site
The operator continues to construct the vent shaft pad. The operator has encountered a lot of
rock in the excavation process and was running out of room to put all of the materials. Bowie
received approval in Minor Revision No. 82 to store the excess rock in a temporary rock storage
area near the intersection of the Hubbard Creek road and the Freeman Gulch road. Through two
minor revisions, MR-83 for Bowie No. 2 and MR-119 for Bowie No. 1, Bowie Resources received
approval to place up to 3,000 cubic yards of rock from this project at the Bowie No. 1 East Mine.
However, it was discovered during this inspection that only some of the excess rock had been
trucked to the Bowie No. 1 Mine, as was the approved plan. Most of the excess rock had been
trucked off the permit area to the City of Paonia Water Pollution Control Facility. The city was
going to use the material to fill in old sewage ponds. This location was not approved by the
Division for storage of the excess rock.
It was further discovered during this inspection that a topsoil-like material had been excavated
from the Hubbard Creek vent shaft site and was being transported to the City of Paonia Water
Pollution Control Facility as well. The topsoil-like material was somewhat dark in color, did not
have an excessive amount of clay content and appeared to be able to support plant life. There
was a separate topsoil stockpile at the Hubbard Creek shaft site
A site visit to the City of Paonia Water Pollution Control Facility showed that the excess rock and
topsoil-like material had been stockpiled next to other soil material just outside of the facility.
About 250 cubic yards of topsoil-like material were stockpiled on the west side of the pile with
the excess rock and associated dirt extending behind the topsoil-like material to the east.
Since the excess rock had been transported to a storage site not approved by the Division and
because topsoil-like soil had not been stockpiled within the permit area, Notice of Violation CV-
2007-06 was issued.
mmWM
Topsoil-Like Material Remaining Topsoil-Like Material (Dark Colored)
at Hubbard Creek Vent Shaft Site and Excess Rock (Behind Topsoil)
Transported to the Paonia Facility
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