2010-11-04_INSPECTION - C1981041

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We then drove to the top of the reclaimed refuse pile via the old Access Road #1. This is now an active use area, serving as the "Material Storage Area" (Photo 1). The rock-lined drainage was dry at the time of inspection (Photo 2). It appears to be functioning as designed. The vegetation on the slope to the north east of this area (on the north side of the access road) is established and adequate to control erosion as required by Rule 4.15. 10 for an Industrial PMLU. There is an abundance of cheat grass, but this vegetation also occurs on the east side of Interstate-70 which indicates that it is normal for this area. From the top of the reclaimed refuse pile you could clearly see Pond 8 below. The portal was revegetated at the end of 2007 (Photo 3). There is a French drain exiting the reclaimed portal that treats perpetual groundwater discharge. Water was visible and the drain appeared to be functioning as designed. The drainage goes under the dirt access road via a culvert, flows down the riprap channel, and eventually empties into Pond 8 (Photo 4). Next we went to the warehouse area. From this vantage we had a great perspective of Kokopelli Farm and Produce, Interstate-70, and the power plant located on the north side of the interstate (Photo 5). The warehouse is being used to store produce boxes and old farm equipment (Photo 6). Behind this old facilities building, the mining company was granted a steep slope variance, and thus not required to reduce the slope behind this structure for final reclamation (Photo 7). We then headed back to the Kokopelli Farm and Produce store. We viewed the store office and parking area and the interior of the store office (Photos 8 and 9). We then headed to a small orchard area on the west side of the store where GPS and imagery were previously used to find the Palisade water line in this area for use in watering the orchard. The goal is to get fruit- producing trees and customers can pick their own fruit (Photo 10).