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July 22, 2014 C- 1981 - 010 /Trapper Mine MLT <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />R - 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 />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A partial inspection of the Trapper Mine was conducted by me, Marcia Talvitie of the DRMS, on <br />Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Graham Roberts was on vacation and Billy Nicholson was in the field; <br />Forrest Luke was available to escort me throughout the inspection. <br />Prior to our heading to the field, Steve Hinkemeyer provided an overview of the mine's current <br />operations using a large, wall- mounted aerial photo. <br />Skies were clear, and the termperature reached into the 90s. Ground conditions are dry <br />throughout the mine; Mr. Luke said the area has received very little precipitation since May. <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION — Rule 4.17: <br />• Roads were being sprayed by a water truck in order to control fugitive dust emissions. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall <br />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 />• Northeast of Monitoring Station 8, two large bulldozers were pushing material into the pit. <br />Haul trucks were delivering spoil to a separate area just east of Station 8 (Photo 1). <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 <br />Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br />• The Horse Gulch Fill is nearing completion. The west - facing outslope, together with the <br />riprap -lined ditches, appeared to be stable and reasonably well vegetated (Photo 2). <br />• A trickle of flow was emanating from the underdrain at the toe of slope. <br />EXPLOSIVES — Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 Page 2 of 8 <br />