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June 28, 2016 C-1981-014/Southfield Mine RDZ <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br /> <br /> <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 />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />A partial inspection was conducted by Rob Zuber of DRMS on June 28, 2016, and Al Weaver of EFCI was <br />present during all if the inspection. The weather was hot, and the ground was dry. Since the final approval of SL- <br />03 (March 29, 2016), the area at the mine to be inspected is very small. The June inspection entailed the recent <br />work performed in the Magpie Diversion ditch by an EFCI contractor (Kessler), the MW-NW road and road spur, <br />and reclaimed Substation #2. <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 seep structure in Magpie Diversion ditch, including the horizontal pipe from the seep to the large culvert <br />under the Monarch Fan road, has been removed. Per Al Weaver, the work was performed on June 25, 2016. The <br />replacement of the riprap in the channel appears to be sufficient. No obvious sign of the seep was present in the <br />ditch (no flowing water was seen). Some moist soil and puddles were seen in the large culvert; this is likely <br />remaining from seepage prior to the removal of the structure. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />EFCI needs to remove scrap pipe from the site. This is left over from removal of the seep structure. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />No erosion problems were seen with reclamation at Substation #2 or the road to it. <br /> <br />The reclaimed MW-NW road and the reclaimed spur off of this road were inspected. There is no erosion or weed <br />patches on these roads other than cheat grass on the spur. Individual thistle plants were seen.