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July 29, 2015 C-1992-081/Hayden Gulch Loadout JHB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />R -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />Y - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. Miranda Blomquist accompanied the <br />inspection and represented Hayden Gulch Terminal Inc.. The weather was dry and warm with light clouds. The <br />load out site was dry. The majority of the load out has previously been reclaimed with the exception of the Tie - <br />Across Haul Road (TAHR) and the rail loop. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />Records were checked at the Peabody Sage Creek Office on 7/30/2015. Records were complete. Liability <br />Insurance is scheduled to expire on 8/1/2015. Please assure that insurance remains in effect and an updated <br />Certificate of Insurance is kept on file. <br />The operator provided a copy of the 2nd quarter 2015 DMR, and 2nd Quarter 2015 Pond Inspection reports to the <br />inspector. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />A large flock of Sandhill cranes were feeding in the wheatfield South of the TAHR across from the <br />reclaimed facilities area. <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 />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The rail loop pond was dry. This pond had a healthy cover of grass in the bottom of the pond. Perennial <br />vegetation was well established on the pond outslopes and surrounding area. No erosional features were observed <br />relating to this pond. The open combination spillway was free of debris. <br />The truck loop pond was holding a stagnant pool of water approximately 4 feet below the discharge elevation at <br />the riser. This pond has cattails along the edges and a small patch of Canada thistle on the southern side of the <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />