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NotesforsitevisitAugust7,2014: <br />BillBearandIbeganourinspectionaround9:30.Ourfirststopwasthetop <br />ofgobpile#2.Theminehasexperiencedseveralmediumtolargerain <br />eventsoverthelastweek,oneeventdropped u|šErainin30minutes. <br />Thetopofgobpile#2looksalittlerough,buttherewasnostandingwater, <br />andwindrowshadbeencreatedtoallowthegobtodewater.Thewestedge <br />ofthepileappearedtobeinbettershapeandthecontractorhasplansto <br />continueplacingandcompactinggobinthatarea.Nogobfromthewash <br />plantwasbeinghauledtogobpile#2whileIwasonsite.Materialfromthe <br />topofthepilewasbeinghauledtothebench#3TR76combinationarea. <br />Wenextwalkedaportionofgobpile#4.Theareaofconcernz“5wa{x <br />aerialinspectiondatedJuly28,2014wasvisuallyinspected.DRMS <br />expressedconcernaboutthedrainagebreakbetweenditchesF12andF20 <br />beingfurtherwestthanthecurrentlyapproveddesign.Thecurrently <br />approveddesignisforthefinalbuildoutofthegobpilesandthereforedoes <br />notmatchcurrentonthegroundconditions.However,thereispositiveflow <br />atthecurrentdrainagebreak,andcareisbeingtakentodirectflowoffof <br />thefilltostabilizedchannels.And,flowfromtheareaofconcernwillendup <br />inPondF,currently,andatfinalbuildout. <br />DRMSquestionedwhetherpreviouslyplacedandcompactedmaterialon <br />theoutslopehadbeenrippedpriortoplacementofnewgob.The <br />contractorhasbeenkeyingineveryliftofnewgobinordertoeliminateany <br />potentialweakorslipsurfaces. <br />Thenextstopwasgobpile#3.Duetoacameramalfunction,thereareno <br />picturesofthispile,butoverallitlookedprettygood.Asubstantialamount <br />ofgobhasbeenremovedfromthedryingareaandplacedandcompacted <br />ongobpile#3.Thereisstillquiteabitofmaterialinthedryingareatobe <br />processed,butinthematerialleft,trencheshavebeencutandvisually,the <br />goblooksprettydry. <br />Aroadisbeingalignedonthenorthernedgeofgobpile#3andwillbe <br />utilizedtohaulcoverfillbacktogobpile#2.Thisroadwillbeplatedwith <br />coverfill.Thecoverfillusedonthisroadwillbeaccountedforinthe <br />quarterlycoverfillreport,andatleastaportionofthecoverfillwillremainin <br />placeaspartofthe xšEcoverfillrequirementatfinalreclamation. <br />However,beforeplacementoftopsoil,anyportionofcoverfillthatisvisually <br />contaminatedwithgobwillbescrapedandreplacedwithcleancoverfill. <br />Theoutletoftheunderdrainwasinspected.Itisstillingoodshapeand <br />continuestofunctionasdesigned;watercontinuestoflow. <br />PondsB,D,FandJallheldwater.PondsB,DandFhaveallbeencleaned <br />out.TherearenoplanstocleansedimentoutofPondJthisseason.PondC <br />wasbeingdewateredinordertocleanoutsediment. <br />Severaldrillpadshavebeenreclaimedthissummer.Roadsidewaddles <br />wereinplaceandfunctional.Sedimentdepositionhasoccurredwiththe <br />recentstormevents,butoverallthewaddlescontinuetofunctionas <br />intended. <br />1 <br />