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December 3, 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 />R - Roads <br />NA - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />R -Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Bear No. 3 Mine conducted by Susan Burgmaier of CDRMS. Weather <br />conditions at the time of the inspection were cloudy, temperatures were in the mid - thirties, and ground conditions <br />were dry. <br />The permit for the Bear Mine has been revoked and the reclamation performance bond has been forfeited. The <br />Abandoned Mined Land program of DRMS will contract with a third party to complete the remaining reclamation <br />tasks for the site. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING Rule 4.14Contemporaneous 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 ofAcid and Toxic Materials <br />4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Backfilled and regraded slopes along the east end of the portal access road were stable. The portal bench at the <br />west end, where the Edwards Portal slide occurred showed no signs of recent movement. <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 sediment pond was dry and the discharge pipe was in the closed position. The treatment pond was full, <br />covered with a thin sheet of ice, and discharging to the North Fork of the Gunnison River. The Edwards Portal <br />spring was flowing less than 0.5 gpm to the treatment pond. <br />ROADS Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)14.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)14.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)14.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)14.03.2(7): <br />The access road into the site was in fair condition. The bridge crossing the North Fork of the Gunnison River was <br />in poor condition. Decking materials on both sides of the bridge, where it abuts the river bank, are rotting and <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />