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Apri122, 2014 C- 1982 - 057 /Seneca 11-W Mine JHB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />R -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 partial inspection conducted by Janet Bums of CDRMS. Seneca II West is a reclaimed surface coal <br />mine. Most of the site has been reclaimed. A facilities area with a shop and some maintenance equipment remain <br />on site, as well as sediment ponds, stocktanks, and roads. <br />The weather on the first day of the inspection was mild but very windy. A storm blew in the evening of 4/22. On <br />4/23 1 -2 inches of fresh snow had fallen at the higher altitudes of the mine site. Roads were very soft and muddy <br />on 4/23. The ground was very muddy on 4/23 after the fresh rain /snow mix. A second round of snow blew in <br />during the inspection on 4/23, making observations limited due to low visibility. <br />SCC representative, Roy Karo, was met on the roadway on 4/23, while he was on horseback. Otherwise, no SCC <br />representative accompanied the inspection. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />Inspector flushed up 4 Sage grouse in the North pit, as well as two Columbian sharptailed grouse at the top <br />of the ridge at the eastern extent of the north pit. <br />A large concentration of grouse feathers was observed east of stocktank T -24. Based on the variety_ of feathers and <br />concentration, it appeared that a bird had succumbed to predation. <br />Two turkey vulture were scanning the reclaimed area in drainage 006 -NE 1 <br />4 Elk were observed crossing 006 - Gulch. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />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; <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 />Ponds: <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 14 <br />