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November 25, 2014 C-1980-002/O.C. Mine No. 2 JRS <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection N - Roads <br />NN <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />RN <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NN <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />NN <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />NN <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RN <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />NN <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NN <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NN <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the OC Mine No. 2 conducted by Jim Stark of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The mine is a revoked site and the reclamation work was conducted by the <br />Division. There was no operator present. I was, however, contacted by the landowner. He asked that Division <br />representatives stop by and notify them when they are conducting an inspection, as they are apparently crossing <br />private property to access the mine site. I told him that Division personnel would make a reasonable effort to do <br />so in the future. The weather was cold and lightly snowing and there was approximately eight inches of snow on <br />the ground. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING <br /> Rule 4.14: Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour <br />4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); 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 slopes were covered with snow. They did, however, appear to remain stable. There <br />was no evidence of any slumping, sliding or erosional problems noted on these slopes at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br /> - 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 />- Although covered with snow, the remaining sediment appeared to be dry at the time of the inspection. The pond <br />embankment appeared to be stable, with no erosional problems noted. <br /> <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED: None <br />This concludes the 25 November 2014 complete inspection report for the OC Mine No. 2. <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br />25 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />