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March 29, 2017 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines TNL <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 />R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N -Other <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Processing Waste <br />Y - Topsoil <br />This was a partial inspeciton of the Williams Fork Mines; DRMS Permit No. C-1981-044, operated by Moffat <br />County Mining, LLC (MCM). Aerial photographs were also taken as part of this inspection by Harry Ranney with <br />DRMS on 3/30/2017. The ground inspection was conducted by Tabetha Lynch with the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety. Miranda Blomquist with MCM was present during the inspection. The weather was clear. <br />No cows were grazing on the site at the time of inspection. No reclamation activities are occurring at the site at <br />the time of inspection. Title IV work was occuring at the site at the time of inspection. <br />The Division received notice on November 10, 2016 from MCM removing the Williams Fork Mine from <br />Temporary Cessation Status. The return to active status due to reclamation activites increases the inspection <br />frequency by the Division to two partial inspections and one complete inspection each quarter. The change in <br />status also returns the site to the orginal permit requirements with regard to hydrologic monitoring. <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 />Ponds were not holding water or discharging water, with the exception of the waste water pond which was <br />holding a small amount of water but not discharging. Spoil spring SP 1 discharge point was discharging at the time <br />of inspection. A sample was collected by the operator at the time of inspection. A WET test will be conducted <br />this spring before discharge dries up, which may occur earlier than normal this year due to relatively dry <br />conditions at the site. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />