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May 6, 2014 C- 1981 - 010 /Trapper Mine JLE <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 />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - 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 />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was partial inspection of the Trapper Mine; DRMS permit number C- 1981 -010 operated by Trapper Mining, <br />Inc. I, Jared Ebert of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety conducted the inspection. Mr. <br />Billy Nicholson accompanied me during the first few hours of the inspection and Mr. Graham Roberts <br />accompanied me during the remainder of the inspection. The weather was clear and windy during most of the <br />inspection becoming partly cloudy and windy at the end of the inspection. <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 4.143; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The Operator was actively backfilling behind the pit excavation with the draglines and the truck haul fleet. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 <br />Placement, Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br />Horse Gulch Fill was observed. The face of the fill appeared stable and the minor rills that were observed on the <br />upper face has been repaired and appear stable. The north and south side drains were clear of snow and appeared <br />functional. A small amount of clear water was discharging at the toe of the fill. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />A bald eagle was observed near No Name Pond No. 5. <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 />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />