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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1978-143 <br />INSPECTION DATE 09/16/09 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS PSH <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />The Kremmling Airport, File No. M-1978-143, was inspected by Peter Hays with the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (Division) in response to an acreage reduction (AR-01) request. Mr. Bill Clark and Bill <br />Underbrink with Grand County Department of Road and Bridge were present during the inspection. <br />The Kremmling Airport Pit is located south of the Kremmling Airport and southeast of the town of Kremmling, <br />Colorado. <br />The Kremmling Airport 110c to 112c construction material reclamation permit conversion (CN-01) was <br />approved by the Division on September 9, 1993. The Division approved an amendment (AM-01) to expand <br />the pit 11.60 acres and revise the reclamation plan on July 31, 2008. The total permitted area is currently <br />32.91 acres. On September 3, 2009, the Division received an acreage reduction request (AR-01) from Grand <br />County Department of Road and Bridge to release the western 21.31 acres of the site. <br />As noted during the previous inspection on April 14, 2009, a wood pellet plant has been constructed on the <br />western 21.31 acre permit area. Topsoil from the western portion has been removed from the site and <br />stockpiled along the northern boundary of the amended site. <br />The approved post-mining land use is industrial/commercial. The western portion of the property is currently <br />owned by Confluence Energy and Independent Gas. The wood pellet plant was built during the fall and <br />winter of 2008 and started production in February 2009 according to Mr. Clark. The site consists of the plant <br />facility, office trailer and various stockpile and production areas on the former pit floor. The former pit floor <br />is gravel and the northern slope vegetation consisted of crested wheatgrass, kochia, cheat grass and yellow <br />clover. Wood chips and sawdust have been placed on the eastern half of the northern reclaimed slopes. A <br />log storage area has been created in the northwest corner of the site with fill material presumably from the <br />excavation of the plant site. The Independent Gas facility is located on the western end of the site and is <br />delineated by chain link fence. A gravel berm separates the western 21.31 acre site from the amended 11.60 <br />acre area. <br />An entrance sign was posted and permit boundary markers were observed as required by Rule 3.1.12. No <br />problems were noted during the inspection. No objections or comments regarding the partial release request <br />have been received by the Division to date. The Division will recommend approval of the acreage reduction <br />request (AR-01) based on the inspection observations. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />cc: <br />? CE <br />Ken E. Haynes ? BL <br />Grand County Department of Road and Bridge ? FS <br />P.O. Box 9 <br />Grandy, Colorado 80446 <br />? HW <br />? HMWMD (CH) <br />? SE <br />? WQCD (CH) <br />? OTHER <br />Cc: Steve Shuey; DRMS