_INSPECTION - C1981008 ‎(31)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 11/20/2008
• Email Name: MLT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Ill. 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 of the New Horizon Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the
Colorado DRMS on the afternoon of 20-Nov-2008. Ross Gubka (RG) represented the operator,
Western Fuels - Colorado (WFC), throughout the entire inspection. The weather was partly
cloudy and cool. Aerial photographs were taken by Harry Ranney of the DRMS on 19-Nov-2008,
one day in advance of the field inspection.
Hydrologic Balance
Pond 008-The CCC Ditch had been turned on earlier in the day (week?) to allow landowners in
the area to fill their stock ponds for the winter. According to RG, WFC would be temporarily
filling Pond 008 (Figure 1) with ditch water, for augmentation purposes.
Pond 011 -This pond was discharging at the time of the inspection. Oil absorbent pads and a
floating boom were observed at the inlet to the pond. No evidence of petroleum products
could be seen (no sheen) on the pond surface. An aerial perspective of the area surrounding
Pond 011 is given in Figure 2.
Topsoil
Disc-ing operations were observed on the topsoiled portions of the Lloyd parcel, in preparation
for seeding which will occur later in the fall.
Prime Farmland (Section 4.25)
A new area of "A" Horizon topsoil from the Morgan parcel had been windrowed by a bulldozer,
immediately west of the active mine area. In one location, the thickness was approximately 24
inches (Figure 3), and the color change to the "B" Horizon immediately below was apparent.
Further to the north, there was no "B" Horizon - the topsoil rested directly upon sandstone
bedrock (Figure 4).
General Mine Plan Compliance
The area of active mine operations is displayed in Figure 5. No potential problems with the mine
plan are apparent.
New Horizon Mine C-1981-008 20-Nov-2008