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March 30, 2015 C -1981- 033 /Bear Mine MLT <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 />NA - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R -Hydrologic Balance <br />NA - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />N -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This report documents and aerial inspection of the Bear Mine conducted by Division personnel. <br />Photographs were taken by Harry Ranney on Monday, March 30, 2015, and were later reviewed <br />and annotated by Marcia Talvitie. Skies were clear at the time of the inspection. <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 <br />4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br />4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />• Flow in the adjacent North Fork of the Gunnison River was turbid due to spring runoff. <br />• The treatment pond was holding water, but the sediment pond appeared to be nearly dry. <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br />It did not appear that any recent movement of the Edwards Portal Slide has occurred. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall <br />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 portal haul road was previously backfilled, graded by Bear Coal Company. It appears to <br />be stable. <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS /COMPLIANCE <br />No enforcement actions were issued as a result of this inspection, and none are pending. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 Page 2 of 3 <br />