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December 29, 2014C-1981-037/GEC Strip MineRDZ <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE:=Inspected=Not Inspected=Comments Noted=Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />Y-Air Resource ProtectionR-Roads <br />NAR <br />-Availability of Records-Reclamation Success <br />YY <br />-Backfill &Grading-Revegetation <br />NAY <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 />NANA <br />-Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan-Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NNA <br />-Other-Special Categories Of Mining <br />NANA <br />-Processing Waste-Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A complete inspection was conducted by Rob Zuber of DRMS on December 29, 2014. The weather was very cold <br />with light to moderate snow. The ground was covered with snow in many spots (less than an inch except for <br />drifts). <br />The GEC Mine was a surface mine. The Division has revoked the bond and terminated the permit, therefore no <br />mine operator remains. All bond monies available to the Division were utilized by the Division for reclamation <br />activities. No reclamation bond money remains to conduct maintenance activities. <br />The site was accessed through the locked green gate located on Fremont County Road No. 92, and a locked gate at <br />the base of the “Monarch Fan Road” next to Southfield’s Pond No. 5. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE –Rule 4.18: <br />Although no wildlife was observed on the reclaimed area during the inspection, animal scat was observed <br />throughout the reclaimed areas. <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; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage –Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Pond A, the pond located adjacent to the green gate on Fremont County Road No. 92, is completely full of <br />sediment. Erosion has occurred at the emergency spillway of the embankment. This head cutting feature is <br />approximately 10 feet wide, and the height is approximately five feet. Large rocks below the embankment have <br />restricted erosion as the flow leaves the site. <br />The eroding channel in the drainage from the West Pit has very steep slopes and is up to five feet in depth. <br />Number of PartialInspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of CompleteInspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />28 <br />Page of <br />