2010-01-11_REPORT - C1981010 (2)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3567 FAX: (303) 832-8106 January 11, 2009 Seth Puls Trapper Mining, Inc P.O. Box 187 Craig, CO 81626 RE: Trapper Mining, Inc., Permit C-1981-010 Forth Quarter Horse Gulch Spoil Fill Inspection Report 2009 Dear Mr. Puls, COLORADO D I V I S ION OF RECLAMATION MINING SAFETY Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor Harris D. Sherman Executive Director Ronald W. Cattany Division Director Natural Resource Trustee The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) has reviewed and found the above referenced report to be in compliance with the following CDRMS regulations: 4.09.1(11)(a) Inspected at least quarterly by a reregistered engineer or other qualified professional specialist in construction of earth and rockfill embankments under the direction of a qualified engineer throughout the construction The certified report covers the fourth quarter monitoring period from September to December 2009 and the inspections were conducted by a certified engineer. 4.09.1(11)(b) Provide to the Division a certified report within 2 weeks after each inspection that the fill has been constructed as specified in the design approved by the Division, The report shall include a description of any appearances of instability, structural weakness, and other hazardous conditions. The inspection was conducted on December 30, 2009 and the report was received by the Division on January 11, 2009. No instability, structural weakness, or other hazardous conditions were noted during the December 30 inspection. 4.09. ](1]) (c) Any certified report addressing the underdrain system and protective filters shall include color photographs taken during and after construction, but before underdrain are covered with excess spoil. If the underdrain system is constructed in phases, each phase shall be certified separately. ...photographs shall be taken of the underdrain as the underdrain system is being formed. The color photographs accompanying each certified report shall be taken in adequate size and number with enough terrain or other physical features of the site shown to provide a relative scale to the photographs and to specifically and clearly identify the site. Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines