2010-02-03_INSPECTION - M2009086

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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-2009-086 INSPECTION DATE 01/29/10 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS PSH OBSERVATIONS This was a pre-operation inspection of the Pickering Family Pit conducted by Peter Hays with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division). Mr. Ted Pratt with Flintstone Gravel & Trucking, Inc. was present during the inspection. The 112c application package was received by the Division on November 20, 2009 and deemed complete for purposes of filing on December 11, 2009. The Pickering Family Pit is located approximately 1/2 mile northeast of Granby, Colorado in Grand County. The required notice sign was posted at the entrance gate off of County Road 609 and the permit boundary corners were delineated with metal t-posts painted orange. The proposed Pickering Family Pit will be 19.90 total acres with two mining phases of 7.5 acres each and 4.9 acres for the access road from County Road 61. The initial use of the site will be as an aggregate source and asphalt plant site for a paving project in Rocky Mountain National Park. The site was partially snow covered; however the tops of sagebrush and wheatgrass were visible through the snow. No noxious weeds were observed during the inspection. The Special Use Permit (SUP) for the site was approved by Grand County on January 26, 2010. The SUP requires the applicant to place stockpiles along the western permit boundary as a visual berm. The construction of the berm may require the applicant to revise the order of mining phases by staring mining activities in Phase 2 instead of Phase 1. The applicant may also eliminate the mining phases completely depending on the space requirements of the asphalt contractor. The application is still in the adequacy review period with the Division, so the changes may be handled as part of the adequacy process or the changes may require the applicant to submit a technical revision to the application. The present land use is rangeland. The proposed post-mining land use is pastureland. Mining will create a depression in the terrace deposit and daylight out into the center drainage channel. The reclamation plan will be to reshape, re-topsoil and reseed the area with grass seed once mining is complete. Reclamation will run concurrently with mining. Pre-operation inspection photographs are attached below. Copies of comment letters from Xcel Energy, Xcel Energy High Pressure Gas and the Colorado Division of Wildlife were provide to the applicant during the inspection. All structures noted on the Pre-Mining Plan Map appear to have been identified. No problems were noted during the inspection. I & E Contact Address NAME Ted Pratt OPERATOR Flintstone Gravel & Trucking, Inc. STREET 1204 CR 60 CITY/STATE/ZIP Granby, Colorado 80446 cc: ? CE ? BL ? FS ? HW ? HMWMD (CH) ? SE X Steve Shuey; DRMS