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June 26, 2014 C-1981-016/Hawk Nest E & W JRS <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection N - Roads <br />NR <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />RN <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NN <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />NN <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />NN <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RN <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />NN <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NN <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NN <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br /> of the Colorado Division of <br />The reclamation at the site was completed by the Division through third party contractors. The Division has <br />conducted two years of vegetation monitoring and is in the process of writing a bond release findings document <br />for a full Phase I, II and III release and termination of jurisdiction (SL-01). The weather was warm and sunny and <br />the ground was dry at the time of the inspection. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING <br /> 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 />- The backfilled east portal and facilities area remained stable at the time of the inspection. There was no evidence <br />of any cracking, settling or slumping in the backfilled areas. There were no erosional problems noted on either <br />part of the backfilled east mine. <br />- The backfilled bleeder entries area was stable at the time of the inspection. This small disturbance showed no <br />signs of settling, cracking or slumping at the time of the inspection. There were no erosional problems noted at the <br />bleeder entries. <br />- The backfilled west mine portal and facilities area remains stable. There was evidence of any settling, cracking <br />or slumping in the backfilled areas at the time of the inspection. There were no erosional problems noted in the <br />west mine areas. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br /> - 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 />- The large riprapped drainage channel on the west portion of the east mine facilities area remains stable. There is <br />a good amount of vegetation that is growing in the channel, further stabilizing it. There were no erosional <br />problems noted in the channel. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> <br />24 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />