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January 22, 2014 C- 1981- 008/New Horizon Mine MPB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />• -Air Resource Protection <br />• -Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R -Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection of the New Horizon Mine conducted by Harry Ranney of the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS). Aerial photographs were taken on January 22, 2014 at approximately <br />4:24 PM. Weather conditions were clear at the time of the flight. Mike Boulay of the DRMS reviewed the aerial <br />photographs. <br />Five photographs were taken during the flyover. There was no activity at the time of the flight discernible in the <br />photographs taken. No problems were noted in any of the aerial photographs. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The final pit highwall is shown in Photograph No. 1. The Boxcut Overburden stockpile near the mine support <br />facilities area will be utilized here to backfill the final pit location. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.053; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />A limited area of the site was photographed during the flyover. Sedimentation Ponds 011 and 013 were clearly <br />visible and appeared to be retaining significant amounts of water and mostly frozen at the surface. Pond inlets and <br />embankments appeared stable. No problems were noted at any of these sediment pond locations. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />