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SOLID WASTE INSPECTION WORKSHEET <br />Agency: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment <br />Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division <br />Date: April 9, 2010 Times: 9:00 AM- 10:30AM <br />Site: Broda's Inert Fill -Platt Valley Pit Operator: Patrick Broda <br />Brighton, Weld County, Colorado <br />Phone No.: (303) 808-2500 <br />Inspector: Darrell Dearborn Inspection: Unannounced <br />Complaint investigation <br />On April 9, 2010, an unannounced inspection was conducted at Broda's Inert Fill - Platt Valley Pit <br />located at 1859 North State Hwy. 85, in Brighton, Weld County, Colorado, by Darrell Dearborn, an <br />inspector with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Hazardous Materials and <br />Waste Management Division (the "Department"). The inspection was performed to assess the facility's <br />compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Sites and Facilities Act, 30-20-100.5, et seq., C.R.S. (the <br />"Act"), and the implementing Regulations, 6 C.C.R. 1007-2 (the "Regulations"). <br />The Platt Valley Pit is located north of Highway 85 and Weld County Road 6 in Brighton, Colorado. <br />The site consists of 30 acres permitted for gravel mining by the state Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(Permit No. M-1989-120) and Weld County Special Review Permit (AmUSR-905). These permits are <br />issued to Aggregate Industries - WCR, Inc. Aggregate Industries owns the property and contracted with <br />Mr. Patrick Broda to fill the pit with inert materials. This site has no Certificate of Designation and no <br />Design and Operations Plan for the fill operations. <br />Upon arrival to the site, the inspector met with Mr. Broda and explained the purpose of the inspection. <br />Mr. Broda was visibly upset due to the unannounced nature of inspection but was cooperative. Mr. <br />Broda stated that, beginning in 2007, he has filled the site with 85-88% dirt, 12 % concrete and about 7% <br />asphalt with the assumption that the permits listed above are the only regulatory requirements. He also <br />stated that he has allowed the disposal of liquid directional drilling fluids. Drilling fluids are not listed as <br />an acceptable waste stream for this facility under the two permits. <br />The site is open Monday thru Friday from 7 AM until 5 PM. The site receives waste from offsite sources <br />and is attended by an employee of Mr. Broda, who collects a fee for material disposal. A sign at the <br />entrance describes materials suitable for disposal at this site and the hours of operation. Mr. Broda <br />stated he is familiar with all the companies that dump at the site, and if an unfamiliar trucking company <br />arrives seeking disposal, their waste is screened prior to filling. <br />The entire site is fenced and has a locking gate to provide security and prevent unauthorized dumping. <br />At the edge of the quarry was an area for the trucks to dump. Mr. Broda explained that all of the waste is <br />observed and screened by the equipment operator prior to pushing the materials into the quarry. Several <br />loads of rock, concrete, dirt and asphalt materials were observed by the inspector during the inspection. <br />Very small amounts of organic material such as tree roots and branches were observed in the surrounding <br />fill area. A vacuum truck was also observed dumping into a pit near the entrance to the facility. Mr.