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Notes for site visit November 11, 2013: <br />1 arrived on site at around 11 and Bill Bear took me around the site. <br />We started at gob pile #3 where the first 100' of underdrain was <br />being installed. A separate certification report of the underdrain <br />installation will be submitted, but a couple of photos are included in <br />this report for reference. <br />Good progress is being made at gob pile #3. Gob was being <br />compacted, coverfill was being salvaged and gob was being end <br />dumped and dried. Site conditions were very dry which is helpful for <br />gob drying operations. <br />At gob pile #2 activities focused on compacting material that had <br />been end dumped in the previous weeks. There are currently two <br />distinct areas of end dumped gob, a southern pile and a northern pile. <br />The end dumped material in the southern pile was between 4 -6' high. <br />In the northern end , the height could not be determined because <br />there was no vehicular access, however, a road above the end <br />dumped material has been cut for equipment usage. The newly cut <br />road will be used by the Operator to cut trenches through the gob to <br />provide a path for positive drainage. After the trenches have been <br />cut through the northern section of the pile and enough time has <br />been allowed for the gob to dewater, it will be sufficiently dry for <br />placement and compaction. The plan for the near future is to knock <br />down and compact all the material in the south pile, hopefully by the <br />end of next week. The long term plan is to have the top of gob pile <br />#2 completely compacted and used only as absolutely necessary for <br />gob drying activities during the winter months. Buckhorn Geotech is <br />in the process of modeling a drying area for the top of gob pile #2. <br />Buckhorn's report will provide parameters of horizontal and vertical <br />extents in order to achieve the required factor of safety should a <br />drying area on gob pile #2 become necessary. <br />The tree in the East Diversion Ditch flow line has been removed and a <br />photo is included for documentation. <br />Pond F currently holds about 7' of water and sediment. In <br />preparation for winter, the Operator plans to dewater the pond by <br />pumping the water back to the wash plant. Also, sediment will be <br />cleaned out at the sediment delta where Ditch F -7 enters the pond <br />and in the pond bottom if accessible. <br />Pond J currently holds between 5 -7' of water and sediment and there <br />are no immediate plans to dewater the pond. <br />