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March 19, 2015 C- 1982- 056/Foidel Creek Mine JLE <br />Ongoing items notes during previous inspections: <br />-The spillway of the 6MN Sediment Pond has lost its approved trapezoidal design and should be repaired to the <br />design specifications. According to Mr. Watterson, this item has been addressed, however, the spillway was snow <br />covered at the time of the inspection and the corrective actions taken could not be verified. The Division will <br />check this during the next inspection. <br />-Three 8" pipes are identified under the 6MN access road to aid in the drainage of water in the area. These pipes <br />are not identified on Map 24 and no designs for these pipes exist. This item remains outstanding and will need to <br />be addressed. Please evaluate these pipes and submit the appropriate designs to be included in the permit. Also, <br />these pipes were partially clogged and will need to be cleared. <br />Three 8" pipes under 6MN access Road Three 8" pipes under 6MN access Road, need cleaning <br />-The ditch along haul road C near the railway crossing has been cleaned and rock check have been installed. The <br />culvert from the repaired roadside ditch under the railway tracks is 3/4 full of sediment and should be cleaned out. <br />-During the October, 2014 inspection it was noted that a delta has formed at the inlet to Pond D. According to <br />Brian Watterson and Jerry Nettleton of TC, a backhoe was used to clean out the delta formed at the inlet to Pond D <br />at the southwest end of the pond. However, due to MSHA regulations, they could not excavate the entire built up <br />delta because a powerline crosses the pond near the inlet and they are unable to operate equipment within a certain <br />distance of the powerline. Given these constraints, we discussed options for cleaning the excess sediment from the <br />pond. There are two inlets to this pond, one on the north east corner on one on the southwest corner. TC will need <br />to continue to inspect the sediment level of the pond as required by the permit. If TC is able to operate a backhoe <br />near the southwest corner of the pond outside of the powerline corridor, an increased frequency of cleaning of this <br />inlet area may be necessary. TC may need to consider relocating the powerline if sediment levels become <br />excessive as the southwest inlet area. At this time, the water levels were high and it was difficult to evaluate the <br />sediment delta build up. There does not appear to be a constraint to clean the delta at the northeast end of the <br />pond. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 4 of 10 <br />