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October 15, 2014 C-1994-082/Yoast Mine JHB <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />RR <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />YR <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NANA <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />NAR <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />RNA <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RY <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />RR <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NNA <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NAY <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the Yoast Mine conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The mine is a reclaimed <br />surface mine. The majority of the site has been reclaimed. Structures that remain include limited access roads, <br />stocktanks, sediment ponds, drainages, culverts, ditches, a substation, powerlines & powerpoles, signs and <br />markers, fences and monitoring wells. <br /> <br />The weather was clear and dry. SCC personnel said that the area had received a good rain several days prior to the <br />inspection. Scott Cowman of SCC was available during inspection of the mine records, but no mine personnel <br />accompanied the on-site inspection. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Records associated with the Yoast permit are stored and maintained at the mine office at the Peabody Sage <br />Creek Mine. All buildings at the Yoast mine have been reclaimed and no personnel remain on site. <br /> <br />The records were complete and up to date. Quarterly Pond Inspection reports were not located until 10/17/2014. <br /> <br />SCC has posted an updated mine id sign at the entrance to the Yoast Mine. <br /> <br />FISH and WILDLIFE Rule 4.18: <br /> SCC had no approved hunters on site. None were encountered. Several mule deer were noted browsing at <br />the southern end of the reclaimed area east of Pond 14. <br /> <br />Mountain bluebirds were still present on the reclaimed site. <br /> <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; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones <br />4.05.18: <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br />27 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />