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March 2, 2017 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine LDS <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <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 />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - 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 />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Doug Smith of Oxbow Mining accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear, with snow on the <br />ground. The status of the Elk Creek Mine, as far as the Division is concerned, is “Active” however no coal is being <br />mined and all activity at the site is focused on the early stages of reclamation. <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 /> The snow-melt was draining adequately around the site. No ponds were discharging. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> No revisions are currently in progress, however a mid-term review is overdue. The Division intends that <br />the mid-term review be used to address some of the inconsistencies identified in the November inspection report. <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br />Surfacing and Maintenance 4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6): <br /> Some roads had been plowed following recent snow, and the facilities up the Elk Creek drainage were <br />accessible. Other roads, where immediate access was not necessary, had not been plowed, although snow was <br />melting rapidly. <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br /> <br />