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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M19R-3-DAZ <br />INSPECTION DATE: 9-96-9008 INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: 11 F <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection of the Stagecoach Pit; permit <br />number M-1983-067. This site is located three miles south of the town of <br />Brighton, Colorado in Adams County. I, Jared Ebert of the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety conducted the inspection. Mr. <br />Sean Frisch and Amie Robert of Lafarge North America, Inc. accompanied me <br />on the inspection. <br />This site consists of 52.40 acres. The post mine land use designated for <br />this site is Developed Water Resource. Through the mining operation, a <br />water storage reservoir will be created. As of now, Lafarge has just <br />begun the mining process. The top layer of overburden and topsoil has <br />been removed and piled within the permit area. According to the current <br />approved mine plan, the operator committed to vegetating the Topsoil pile <br />with the approved seed mixture specified in the reclamation plan. <br />According to Mr. Frisch, this task has not been completed. The topsoil <br />pile will need to be seeded with the approved seed mixture to allow <br />vegetation to establish on the pile to protect the pile from wind and <br />water erosion. This is cited as a problem on the last page of this <br />report. <br />According to the 2008 annual report submitted to the Division from <br />Lafarge, the slurry wall has been installed around the pit in 2005. <br />During the Amendment 01 application process, the operator instituted a <br />groundwater monitoring plan. They committed to monitoring the ground <br />water levels in six different wells around the property on a monthly basis <br />for the duration of the project. They also committed to supplying the <br />Division with the well monitoring data with their annual reports. Upon <br />review of the Divisions files, it appears that the Division has not <br />received this data. This is cited as a problem on the last page of this <br />report. The operator will need to submit to the Division all the data <br />they have collected since the initiation of the monitoring program in <br />2002.