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August 4, 2017 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <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). The ground inspection was conducted by Tabetha Lynch with the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Miranda Blomquist with MCM was present during the inspection. The weather <br />was clear. No cows were grazing on the site at the time of inspection. No reclamation activities are occurring at <br />the site at the time of inspection. Title IV work was occuring at the site at the time of inspection. <br /> <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 /> <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 water was present in any ponds on the site. Spoil Spring SP1 was not discharging. Artesian well at <br />facilities west of Hwy 13 continues to leak water. Second artesian well was pressure capped by the operator. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> Vegetation at disturbance along the river corridor due to tube removal and conveyor demolition has <br />reestablished. Some debris is present at the railroad trestle in the Williams Fork River. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br /> No reclamation is occurring at the site at this time. <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED