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February 16, 2017 C-1981-013/Golden Eagle Mine BFB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />NA - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />The Golden Eagle Coal Mine was photographed from an airplane by Brock Bowles of DRMS on February 16, <br />2017. These photos of the area that formerly contained the exhaust shaft were reviewed by Rob Zuber of DRMS <br />on February 17, 2017. The weather was clear. The ground was clear of snow. <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 />No erosion was seen below the upgradient diversion ditch. No problems were seen with the ditch itself, although <br />the photographs did not show it well. <br /> <br />The straw bales on the north side of the site appear to be functioning well. There are no significant problems with <br />erosion below the bales. <br /> <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />No erosion was seen on the area that once was a pad for an exhaust shaft, and this area appears to have good <br />vegetative cover. <br /> <br /> <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />