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April 24, 2012 C- 1981- 015/Fruita No 1 & 2 MPB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />NA -Air Resource Protection <br />R -Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Y -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection of the Fruita Mine conducted on April 24, 2012 by Mike Boulay of the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS). Christine Belka, Spencer Shumate and Daniel MacKinnon from the <br />Office of Surface Mining (OSM) conducted a partial oversight inspection in conjunction with a special focus <br />evaluation. The special focus evaluation assessed the DRMS's Prevention of Off -Site Impacts on Bond Forfeiture <br />Sites. Weather conditions were sunny and warm and ground conditions were dry at the site. The inspection began <br />at the remaining sediment pond located at the lower elevation of the reclaimed mine site and proceeded up the <br />reclaimed access road to the 91 Mine Bench and then up and above the backfilled portal. From there the <br />inspection continued to the upper drainage and then down the steep riprap permanent drainage to the reclaimed <br />lower facilities area. <br />SITE BACKGROUND <br />American Shield performed reclamation on the site in 1990 and was granted Phase I bond release. In June 1991, <br />the OSM objected to the DRMS's approval of highwall retention in the Fruita Mine reclamation plan. In <br />September 1991, the DRMS issued a notice of violation for failure to reclaim to approximate original contour and <br />failure to eliminate the highwall. In December, 1993 a failure to abate cessation order was issued for failure to <br />abate the 1991 notice of violation. The mine permit was revoked and the bond forfeited in 1994. <br />The Fruita Mine has had no operator or permitteee since the bond was forfeited. DRMS contractors conducted <br />initial bond forfeiture maintenance work in 1996 and additional remedial work in 2000. Final reclamation was <br />completed in 2009 and included sediment pond maintenance, installing rock check dams along the access road, on <br />the portal bench, and the outslope of the fill, drainage repair and construction, portal repair, construction of a rock <br />apron around the portal area, and reseeding of all areas disturbed through this activity. Because the augmentive <br />work conducted in 2009 was not of limited areal extent and exceeded five percent of the acreage initially <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />