2016-11-04_INSPECTION - C1982057

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October 26, 2016 C-1982-057/Seneca II-W Mine JHB Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 11 Inspection Topic Summary NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable Y - Air Resource Protection R - Availability of Records Y - Backfill & Grading NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Explosives R - Fish & Wildlife R - Hydrologic Balance R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Other NA - Processing Waste R - Roads R - Reclamation Success R - Revegetation NA - Subsidence R - Slides and Other Damage Y - Support Facilities On-site R - Signs and Markers NA - Support Facilities Not On-site NA - Special Categories Of Mining Y - Topsoil COMMENTS This was a complete inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. Miranda Blomquist of Seneca Property, LLC (SPL) accompanied the inspectin and represented the operator. The weather was cool in the morning, with fog in the valleys, burning off and warming off inthe later morning and afternoon. There had been scattered rain showers the previous day, 10/25, but the mine site was dry. The mine is a reclaimed surface mine. No mine personnel remain on the mine site. Mine personnel and mine records are located at the Foidel Creek Mine, located in the vicinity. Hunting season is active. Although Peabody has not allowed hnting on the Peabody property, one of the landowners had alloed hunting on their property. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): Records are stored at the Foidel Creek Mine, located at 29515 Routt County Road No. 27, Oak Creek, CO. Most of the records were up to date. Several items were noted on the “Availability of Records” form at the back of this report. The Division was unable to locate Ground Water sampling information for 2016. This information needs to be available in the records. Spring sampling lab results should be available. Fall sample data results may not be back from the lab yet, however, documentation of date that sampling was conducted, and which sites were sampled should be available. FISH and WILDLIFE – Rule 4.18: No cattle were observed on the site during the inspection. No elk or deer were seen on the property either. The operator is not allowing hunting on their property. One landowner is allowing hunting, though no hunters were observed on the property during the inspection. Two campers were parked at the warehouse area. A hunting camp was set up along the access road to Pond 9. There is a temporary blind at the western ridge near PM-4-A drainage.