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May 14, 2014 C- 1981 - 022 /Elk Creek 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 - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Processing Waste <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection of the Elk Creek Mine in Somerset, Colorado. Aerial photographs were taken by <br />Harry Ranney and were reviewed by Brock Bowles, both of the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. The <br />photos were taken on May 14, 2014 at approximately 10:15 am. The weather was clear. There was some coal on <br />the coal stock pile but the pile is getting smaller. <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 B and D contained water. Pond E did not contain water. The North Fork of the Gunnison River <br />was running very brown (photo 1). <br />OTHER (SPECIFY): <br />The coal smoke emitting hole that formed north of the mine office has been filled. A small access road <br />from above the hole was created for machinery to access the hole (photo 2). <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS /COMPLIANCE <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 10 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />