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December 20, 2016 C-1981-012/New Elk Mine RDZ <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <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 />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />R - 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 />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - 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 />A partial inspection was conducted by Rob Zuber of DRMS on December 20, 2016. The weather was mostly <br />clear. The ground was mostly covered with snow. The NECC representative who participated in the inspection <br />was Vince Massarotti. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE – Rule 4.09 <br />Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br />The overall shape of the DWDA#2 looks good, but there are many rills on the sides. <br /> <br />The subsoil storage area has been regraded to remove the large hole in the middle. <br /> <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 />Pond 001A was holding water but not discharging. <br /> <br />At Pond 007A, equipment was on site for pumping water to Pond 006A, although it was not operating at t he time <br />of the inspection. The pond was holding a large amount of ice and water but not discharging (apparently the gate <br />valve was shut). No problems were seen with spillways or embankments. <br /> <br />Pond 08 was not discharging, and the ice and snow were well be low the spillways. No significant issues were seen <br />with the pond structures. <br /> <br />No problems were seen on the bank between the SAE that includes Topsoil Stockpile #2 and the river.