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March 4, 2014 C- 1981 - 010 /Trapper Mine BFB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Trapper Mine conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation Mining and Safety. Graham Roberts of Trapper Mine, Inc was present for the inspection. The <br />weather was partlty cloudy in the morning and became overcast with scattered rain showers in the afternoon. The <br />ground conditions were muddy and partly frozen with patchy snow. Many areas off the maintained roads were <br />inaccessible due to muddy conditions. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING —Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour <br />4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials <br />4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Fly ash was being stacked in the Ash Pit. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 Placement; Drainage Control; Surface <br />Stabilization: <br />The Horse Gulch Fill was observed and some rills on the upper bench were repaired. The fill was not <br />walked but no slumping was observed. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />A small herd of elk and a large herd of pronghorn were seen on the minesite. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />No Name 45 was mostly covered in ice and was discharging (photo 1). A sample was collected (photo 2). <br />The embankment was vegetated and appeared to be stable. The primary spillway was free and clear of <br />obstructions. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />