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June 23, 2015 C-1992-080/Carbon Junction 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 />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />Y - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R -Hydrologic Balance <br />NA - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />Y - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A complete inspection of the Carbon Junction Mine was conducted by me, Marcia Talvitie, of <br />the DRMS, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Skies were clear, and the temperature was in the low <br />90s. <br />Due to unusually wet conditions that were prevalent in May and early June, the reclaimed areas <br />were spectularly verdant. Reclamation, including reseeding, was accomplished in 2006. It is <br />anticipated that revegetation sampling for Year 9 will be conducted in 2015, with Year 10 <br />sampling following in 2016. <br />PERMITTING UPDATE: <br />MR -08 Surface Ownership and Right of Entry: On April 9, 2015, Oakridge Energy, Inc. sold its <br />property on Ewing Mesa, including those areas within the Carbon Junction Mine permit <br />boundary. The new surface owners are Marc and Jane Katz. With MR -08, approved on June 16, <br />2015, Section 2.03.6 of the permit was revised, and a Right -of -Entry agreement was incorporated <br />into Appendix 3-2. Section 2.03.4 text also needs to be revised to reflect the change in <br />ownership, as does Map 3-1, Surface and Coal Ownership. Please submit a second minor <br />revision application, addressing these portions of the permit, at your earliest convenience. <br />PR -01 Revised Post -Mining Land Use / Final Reclamation: An adequacy response was received <br />from Oakridge on May 29, 2015. The decision date is June 30, 2015. <br />ROADS Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3) / 4.03.2(3); Drainage 4.03.1(4) / 4.03.2(4); Surfacing and Maintenance <br />4.03.1(5) and (6) / 4.03.2(5) and (6); Reclamation 4.03.1(7) / 4.03.2(7): <br />• Pavement on the permanent haul road is starting to ravel, due to disuse, but the road is still <br />serviceable. Maintenance of the roadside ditches has been recently performed in spots where <br />sediment had accumulated. <br />Repairs made on the reclaimed North Pit Haul Road appear to have been successful. Large <br />water bars were constructed on the inside half of the road, to direct any surface runoff to the <br />hillside ditch. No signs of new erosion were observed. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 Page 2 of 10 <br />