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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 - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Seneca II -W mine site by Zach Trujillo and Clayton Wein of Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) conducted on August 21, 2014. No mine representative was <br />present during the inspection. The weather was cloudy with intermittent rain with ground conditions moist from <br />recent rain events. Temperatures for the day during the inspection were around seventy degrees fahrenheit. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />Deer were observed along the southern part of the permit boundary. <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 />Sediment Pond 006 held water and was discharging at the time of the inspection. Pond embankments were well <br />vegetated and stable. The primary discharge outlet ditch was well armored to prevent erosion. No cuting or erosion <br />was observed at the outflow of water from Pond 006. The emergency spillway was well armored with no issues <br />observed. Discharge from the outlet was clear. Water was steadily flowing into the pond from each of the primary <br />inlet ditches. Recent storm events most likely contributed to the steady inflow of water. <br />Pond 0016 held water and was discharging. Water leaving the pond was clear. Spillways were stable and clear of <br />any debris. It appears recent maintenance near the primary spillway outlet has occurred leaving minor disturbance <br />running parallel to the outlet pipe. Within the disturbance, thistle was observed establishing itself. <br />Pond 005 held water but was not discharging at the time of inspection. No issues were observed. <br />Stock ponds T -2, 3, 5, 18, 20, 26 and 27 were inspected. Each pond held water with only one discharging. T -20 <br />was discharging at the time of the inspection. Water from T -20 flows directly into Pond 005. No issues with any <br />stock pond were observed. <br />