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November 16, 2016 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <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 />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspeciton of the Williams Fork Mines; DRMS Permit No. C-1981-044, operated by Moffat <br />County Mining, LLC (MCM). The inspection was conducted by Tabetha Lynch with the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Miranda Blomquist with MCM was present during the inspection. The weather <br />was cloudy and warm. Cows were grazing on the site at the time of inspection and some fields were recently <br />tilled. Reclamation activities are occurring at the site. A salvage crew had begun work near portal 5A/6. The <br />Division received notice on November 10, 2016 from MCM removing the Williams Fork Mine from Temporary <br />Cessation Status. The return to active status due to reclamation activites increases the inspection frequency by the <br />Division to two partial inspections and one complete inspection each quarter. The change in status also returns the <br />site to the orginal permit requirements with regard to hydrologic monitoring. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The mine records were checked on site. See the end of this report for details. <br /> <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 /> All ponds were dry at the time of inspection. Spoil spring, discharge point SP1, was holding water behind <br />the V-notch but not discharging. The water level was about an inch below the point of discharge. Cattail will be <br />cleared once water level decreases. Culverts all appeared functional. Culverts under train tracks were clear.