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August 17, 2016 C-1992-081/Hayden Gulch Loadout JHB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the Hayden Gulch Load out and Tie-Across Haul Road, conduced by Janet <br />Binns of CDRMS. Mine records are stored at the Foidel Creek Mine office. Permit records were checked in the <br />afternoon of 8/17/2016, and the surface of the load out and haul road was inspected on the morning of 8/18/2016. <br /> <br />The load out is undergoing reclamation of the rail line. Contractors were on-site removing rail, plates and spikes, <br />ties an <br />d gravel ballast at the time of the inspection. The weather on 8/18/2016 was cloudy with light sprinkling showers, <br />but overall the site was very dry. <br /> <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> The Tie Across Haul Road needs dust suppression as soon as possible. (photo) Haul trucks are travelling <br />over the TAHR and dust is hanging suspended in the air for 90 seconds or more. Visibility was severely <br />hampered. Vehicles driving the haul road were needing to turn on their headlights at mid-morning in order to see <br />through the dust. HGT personnel were informed of this problem during the close out. Brian Watterson of HGT <br />said that he would get the contractors to water the road Thursday afternoon (8/18). Portions of the haul road that <br />had received a coating of oil (Routt County applied) were not dusty. <br /> <br />Dust from the removal of rails and ties was minimal. Winds were calm during the inspection.