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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-2000-149 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 6/10/09 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: ECS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a routine monitoring inspection for an active 110c sand and gravel operation conducted by Eric Scott <br />of DRMS for the Barton Pit site. Access to the site is via County Road 10. DRMS met with site <br />owner/operator Brian Barton on site at approximately 1015 and toured the site with him. Several items were <br />noted that will require either on-site corrections or revisions to the approved permit. <br />There was a loader and a dozer present on site. Mining has most recently been taking place near the southwest <br />corner of the permit area, although there are several other disturbed areas within the permit boundary. One <br />disturbed area outside the permit area was reportedly used as a source of sand for the owner's private sand <br />volleyball court, and not for resale. The primary feature of the site is a highwall that has been created parallel to <br />the south border of the site approximately 35 feet high and 400' long. The current mining plan states that <br />mining will progress from southwest to northeast at a depth of 15 feet. This highwall is not a part of the <br />approved mining plan, and the current reclamation bond of $15,000 held by the state for the site is insufficient <br />to reclaim it to the 3:1 slope specified in the approved reclamation plan. This highwall feature will need to be <br />resloped immediately and proof provided to DRMS that this has been done, or the bond for the site will <br />be raised through a surety increase to be initiated on 7/16/09 to cover the increased reclamation costs. <br />Reclamation should be done concurrently with mining where feasible. <br />There is currently insufficient topsoil stockpiled on site to complete the approved reclamation. The approved <br />reclamation plan calls for 4" of topsoil to be spread on all re-sloped and disturbed areas as a growth medium. <br />The approved mining plan calls for a topsoil stockpile of approximately 5290 cubic yards, however, a sufficient <br />amount of topsoil should be stockpiled and maintained on site at all times to allow for the reclamation of all <br />disturbed areas. Topsoil should always be segregated from overburden and properly maintained for site <br />reclamation. Sufficient topsoil will have to be obtained, stockpiled on-site, and properly maintained to <br />complete the reclamation plan as approved, or the reclamation bond for the will need to be increased <br />sufficiently to provide for the importation of the needed material. <br />All disturbances associated with the mining operation, including access roads, product stockpiles, topsoil and <br />overburden stockpiles, and exploration activities, need to remain within the permit boundaries. Several <br />disturbed areas are now VERY close to the permit boundaries and a boundary violation on the north side of the <br />site where the access road turns is very likely. Because the property surrounding the site is also owned by the <br />same individual as the site, a permit conversion from 110c to 112c to allow for additional permitted acreage <br />should be strongly considered to avoid future permit boundary violations. <br />Although the vegetation on site was in generally good condition, good weed control practices should be <br />implemented so that invasive weeds, such as the burrs present in the east end of the pit, do not become further <br />established in disturbed areas. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />Brian Barton <br />Dumb & Dumber Trucking LLC <br />1957 County Road 57 <br />Sterling, CO 80751