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November 19, 2015 C-1981-013/Golden Eagle Mine RDZ <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />NA - 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 />NA - Processing Waste <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection by Rob Zuber of the Colorado Division for Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). The weather was clear, and the ground was mostly snow-covered and muddy. <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 upgradient diversion ditch was inspected. It is poorly shaped at the lower end (near the road). At other <br />locations, it is a trapezoidal ditch, and was measured to be 1' — 2' deep and 6' — 11' wide across the top. Before <br />the end of January 2016, NECC should discuss the need for improving this ditch with the Division. At the least, <br />this location needs to be closely monitored for erosion or other problems. <br />The straw bales on the west side of the site (where adjacent land runoff has caused erosion) require maintenance. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />Other than the small erosion issue on the west side, no erosion was seen on the site. No large bare areas or weed <br />patches were seen, although snow cover impeded a good assessment. <br />REVEGETATION — Rule 4.15 <br />Vegetative Cover; Timing: <br />The reference area was inspected, and no erosion was seen. Snow cover impeded an assessment of bare areas or <br />weeds. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />