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December 29, 2014C-1981-037/GEC Strip MineRDZ <br />The channel along the access road is badly eroded; check dams in the channel have been destroyed (see <br />photograph in this report). <br />ROADS –Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) <br />Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) <br />Surfacing and Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) <br />Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The access road that connects to Energy Fuels’ Monarch Fan Road continues to remain navigable with an <br />SUV (and likely with a sedan). The armoring work in the channel that runs along the road, performed by Energy <br />Fuels in 2014, appears to have helped protect the road from further degradation. The access road also remains <br />relatively stable at the two California crossings where the two drainages from the pit areas cross the road. Erosion <br />of the cut slope along the road was observed (see photograph in this report). <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS -Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />A vegetative community is established in the reclaimed areas, although one large bare patch was seen <br />(approximately 100 feet long and 30 feet wide). No weed patches were observed. <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE -Rule 4.12: <br />Several large gullies were seen throughout the reclamation. The worst that were observed during this <br />inspection include: <br />The group of deep gullies on the west side of the site (above Southfield’s Magpie Diversion). The <br />surrounding land near this group of gullies looks like a “delta” of deposited sediment (see photograph in <br />this report). <br />A large gully (approximately six feet deep and 30 feet wide) in the East Pit. <br />Gullies on the west side of Chen’s Hill. <br />Some of the gullies show signs of healing (see photograph in this report). <br />Number of PartialInspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of CompleteInspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />38 <br />Page of <br />