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September 10, 2014 C- 1982 - 057 /Seneca II -W Mine JHB <br />Pond 015 was accessed on 9/11/2014. The access road to Pond 015 was dry enough to drive to the pond. Pond <br />015 was discharging a trickle on the flume. Wasps are present inside the Stevens recorder cover. Discharge <br />measured 0.2 on the Stevens recorder. No cattle were grazing at Pond 015. No problems were identified at pond <br />015. The inlet to Pond 015 was fine. <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 ditch along portions of road A need clean out. The area has had heavy rains recently, sediment <br />deposition looks recent. Maintenance of the roadside ditches needs to occur prior to winter weather settling in. <br />The outlet of culvert Y2 needs to be cleared of sediment. The inlet end of Y2 is clear of sediment, but there is a <br />deposition of sediment in the ditch immediately upgradient from culvert Y2. It is suggested that this material be <br />cleared to reduce its movement into the Y2 culvert. <br />Both Access road A ditches and culvert Y2 were discussed with Roy Karo. Mr. Karo noted that he had a grader <br />already scheduled to address these concerns as soon as the weather allowed for road grading and ditch cleaning <br />activities. <br />Other sections of Access road A that needs ditch grading are located between Topsoil stockpile T -2 location and <br />Topsoil stockpile T -3. <br />Ditch sections along access Road J need blading where cattle have trampled the area. Road J was getting soft due <br />to the rain, so the inspector parked near Pond 016 and covered the rest of the southern extension area on foot. <br />SCC has effectively cleared the sediment from culvert K -1. The outlet is cleared well downgradient from the <br />culvert to minimize sediment build up at the culvert outlet. This maintenance is acceptable and addresses the <br />Division's previous notes regarding maintenance of this culvert. <br />SCC has added rip rap along the upper access road G segments, as well as graded the portions of the ditches that <br />had started to downcut. SCC has also graded and seeded the south side of slope along Access road G that had <br />been rilling, and was noted in previous inspection reports. A furrow has also been shaped upslope of this slope to <br />direct runoff into culvert PM -15 and reduce the flow across this steep slope. These repairs are appropriate and <br />acceptable. <br />SCC was in the process of adding additional gravel to Access road G, west of Culvert PM -15. The rock being <br />placed on the road was large for roadway gravel. Discussion with Dennis Bugai later in the PSCM office, Dennis <br />informed the inspector that SCC will take a compactor on the road and crush the gravel in place to an acceptable <br />size for the designed traffic <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 4 of 10 <br />