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(Page 3) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-1999-058 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 5-26-09 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS GRM <br />The inspectors meet with Colorado Stone Quarries representatives at approximately 1200. Gary Bascom, mine <br />supervisor was the primary contact. Inspectors did not go into the quarry but focused on the road and waste dumps. <br />The inspectors visited the primary waste dump, up slope and to the south of the main portal. The area was covered <br />in saturated muck of primarily marble fines. While the muck was appropriate on the dump landing the inspectors <br />noted a large quantity had been dumped over the edge. Visual observations noted the material was down to the toe <br />of the waste block dump into existing snow fields which are in the drainage. Per the approved plans there is a <br />sedimentation control structure at the base of this drainage. Visual observations noted that either the structure is not <br />maintained or possibly covered up by large marble waste blocks. Either way it appears to be non-functioning which <br />is a serious issue. <br />The inspectors note that riling of the haul road is occurring. The riling is depositing sedimentation into the primary <br />sed-pond located at the mouth of the main portal. The pond is noted as being silted in and water was observed <br />crossing the access road over to the creek side. Retention time for silt and fines settling is at a minimum at best. In <br />2007 DRMs staff issued a problem notice for the area across from the pond. A jersey barrier was missing and <br />sediment and silt were noted as having been pushed over the edge at this point where no dumping was to occur. <br />Colorado Stone noted the issue was addressed. However, the inspectors took pictures of the point and again note the <br />same issue. The pictures from 2007 and 2008 are almost identical. Visual observations indicate recent blade marks <br />and material down the slope. Both this area and the above referenced dump are directly above the sedimentation <br />debris fan observed at the creek's edge of the marked permit boundaries. Mr. Bascom stated that Colorado Stone <br />would immediately install a hay bale structure at the permit edge to catch sedimentation until a permanent solution is <br />obtained. <br />Mr. Bascom notes that the access road is not part of the current 110c permit. A review of the permit maps confirms <br />that this is true. The permit boundary is actually just north of the main portal and goes south. OMYA who leases <br />the land to Colorado Stone owns the land the road is built on. <br />The inspectors noted numerous jersey barriers which line the entire distance of the access road are missing, badly <br />damaged and misaligned. Mr. Bascom noted that winter snow clearing activities use a dozer to push snow to <br />selected points. The dozer can catch these barriers easily and as Mr. Bascom noted "never know it". Photo <br />documentation notes the same road base on the road as is observed on the trail below. In the areas immediately <br />above the damaged bridges there are missing barriers and debris that suggests the flows of material down gradient. <br />Mr. Bascom noted that last year they had to remove some jersey barriers from the creek in the spring due to these <br />same activities. <br />Mr. Bascom showed the inspectors survey markers that show the land divisions for OMYA and the McIntyres. <br />Based on visually lining up the pins and survey maps the bridge built by the McIntyres is on OMYO property. The <br />bridge built by DRMS is on McIntyre property. This issue is noted in the report for reference by Colorado Stone for <br />DRMS review. Mr. Bascom was to contact the Gunnison County to gain permission to install a gate at the lower end <br />of the trail to prevent access to the site. It is also important to note that due to liability issues of their own, Colorado <br />Stone closed access to the quarry overlook in 2008.