2011-09-01_INSPECTION - C1981015

• Permit No: C1981015
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 9/1/2011
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• Inspection Date: 8/30/2011
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

August 30, 2011 C- 1981 - 015 / Fruita No 1 & 2 MPB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable
NA -Air Resource Protection
Y -Roads
R -Availability of Records
Y -Reclamation Success
R - Backfill & Grading
N - Revegetation
NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste
NA - Subsidence
NA - Explosives
NA - Slides and Other Damage
Y - Fish & Wildlife
NA - Support Facilities On -site
R - Hydrologic Balance
Y -Signs and Markers
Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan
NA - Support Facilities Not On -site
R - Other
NA - Special Categories Of Mining
NA - Processing Waste
Y - Topsoil
INTRODUCTION:
COMMENTS
This was a complete inspection of the Fruita Mine conducted by Mike Boulay of the Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office on August 30, 2011. The mine permit was
revoked and the bond forfeited in 1994. The site is fully reclaimed.
There has been some activity at the site since the last inspection conducted in June. Since the last
inspection, the lower reclaimed road segment that heads northeast from the sediment pond has been
blocked with a cable and a No Trespassing sign posted (see attached Photograph No. 1). During this
inspection, I also noted a new structure at the end of this road (see Photo No. 2). It appears to be an
excavation covered by wood planking with posts and rails. A closer view of this newly constructed
feature is shown in Photo No. 3.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1):
This is a bond forfeiture site and all applicable records are maintained by the Division.
BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14
Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination
4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and
Gullies 4.14.6:
The portal backfill area is shown in Photo No. 4. There are no slumps or cracks present at the 41 portal backfill.
The site remains stable with no significant erosion or instability problems.
HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5,
4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water
Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;
Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18:
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1
Page 2 of 7