2017-07-17_INSPECTION - C1981022

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July 6, 2017 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine LDS Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 Page 3 of 11 Oxbow anticipates revising the reclamation plan to leave some pads and roads on land owned by the Hotchkiss ranch, although no revision application had been submitted by the time of the inspection. No further progress had been made on reclamation of the facilities area, and none is anticipated until next year. Mining equipment which had been sold to Bowie had not yet been removed from the site, but it had been made ready and was expected to be taken later this summer. REVEGETATION – Rule 4.15 Vegetative Cover; Timing: Weed spraying was on-going. Although the inspection did not focus on revegetated areas, no significant patches of weeds were observed. SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: Recently completed reclamation was inspected on pads 17-05, -06, and -07; 18-04 and -04B; 19-06 and - 07; and HGA, as well as associated roads. No issues were observed and the work appeared to have been completed to a high standard. SIGNS AND MARKERS – Rule 4.02: The topsoil pile at upper Hubbard Creek had been marked, but was not inspected. DOCUMENTS RECEIVED A revised copy of the 2016 ARR was received by hand. OTHER (SPECIFY) N/A ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending.