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September 25, 2014 C- 1981 - 033 /Bear Mine SLB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />NA - Air Resource Protection <br />NA - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />NA - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />• -Roads <br />• -Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - 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 />This was a partial inspection of the Bear No. 3 Mine based on aerial photographs of the site taken by Harry <br />Ranney and reviewed by Susan Burgmaier, both of DRMS. <br />Weather conditions at the time of the inspection were clear; ground conditions appeared to be dry. <br />The permit for this site has been revoked, and the Division will contract a third parry to complete the approved <br />reclamation plan. There is currently no maintenance or reclamation activity under way. <br />BACKEILL and GRADING Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour <br />4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)0; 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 />The backfilled and regraded portal access road, on the east end of the portal slope, appeared to be stable with no <br />evidence of any slumping, bulging, or excessive erosion. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage —Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The treatment pond held water; the sediment pond appeared to be dry. The Edwards portal spring appeared to be <br />discharging to the North Fork of the Gunnison River. <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br />There did not appear to have been any recent movement along the existing Edwards portal slide, apart from <br />surficial sloughing on the upper scarp. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />