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July 14, 2014 C- 1994- 082/Yoast Mine JHB <br />The eastern end of Drainage YPM -9 is still damaged and requires repair.This spot was also identified by SCC in <br />the 2014 Rill & Gully map. SCC has been allotting limited maintenance crews to problems at another Seneca Coal <br />Company Mine, and stated that they will move oto the Yoast maintenance items before too much longer. <br />Pond l la was holding water well below the discharge elevation on the riser. No significant problems were <br />identified with Pond I IA other than the need to repair the inlet with YPM -9 as mentioned previously. <br />The drainage east of Pond I IA was walked part way to Pond 11. Previous repairs: rock check dam and "logjams" <br />appear to be holding up well. No signs of additional wash outs were observed. (Photo) <br />Stock tank ST -1 was holding a pool of slightly cloudy water, but it was not discharging. <br />Piezometers on the east side of Pond 13 slide area appeared intact. Ponds 13 and 14 looked fine. Pond 12A <br />looked good. <br />Drainages YPM 3 -2 and YPM 14 were in good repair. No maintenace concerns were identified in these two <br />drainages. <br />Pond 12 was discharging. There was a muskrat swimming in Pond 12. SCC needs to monitor this pond for <br />borrows. Mule deer were grazing east of Pond 12. There is a healthy patch of Canada thistle on the northern <br />inslope of Pond 12. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) <br />Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) <br />Surfacing and Maintenance4. 03. 1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) <br />Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The main access road from RCR No. 27 is in good repair and has been graded. SCC continues to conduct <br />gully repair along this road. Several of the previously identified gullies have been adequately repaired. Several <br />piles of rock remain along the roadway. SCC personnel stated that they were continuing this work as resources <br />area available. <br />Reclaimed Haul road "D" was walked. The vegetation along this reclaimed road is well established. Few <br />noxious weeds were evident other than some houndstonue and small patches of thistles. The thistles were more <br />concentrated in an area that had undergone approximatley 3 feet of settling. This settlement area had a scarp <br />approximatley 5 -6 feet.. The area of the scarp was not eroding significantly and appeared stable. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />There is damage to the gate on the elk fence on thewest side of SP05 -1. Adult elk and deer could jump in. <br />There did not appear to have been significant browsing of the tree and shrub species, if at all. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: I <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />