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July 17, 2015 C-1981-014/Southfield Mine RDZ <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N -Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A partial inspection was conducted by Rob Zuber of DRMS on July 17, 2015. The weather was clear. The ground <br />was dry. <br />One particular objective of this inspection included an assessment of vegetation reference 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 />The Magpie Creek Diversion was walked from the Monarch Fan Road to the southwest corner of the <br />portal/facilities area. No erosion or other problems were seen with the channel or embankment. <br />The two ponds at the mine site, Pond 4 and Pond 5, were holding water well below the spillways. The quantity at <br />Pond 5 was relatively small, and the bottom of the pond contains a significant amount of vegetation. Neither of <br />these ponds was discharging. No major problems were found with embankments, flumes, or spillways. <br />No erosion was seen at either end of the two culverts that act as inlets to Pond 5. The lower pipe was seen to be <br />clear. For the upper (longer) pipe culvert this could not be assessed; it is generally understood (by previous <br />inspectors) that there is a bend in this pipe. <br />The recently -repaired erosion near the truck tunnel looks stable, including the check dams. The gully is healing, <br />and there is no further head cutting. <br />No drainage from the truck tunnel was seen. In the channel from the tunnel to Pond 5, no discoloration was seen <br />in the bed material. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />