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October 17, 2017 C-1982-057/Seneca II-W Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <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 />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - 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 />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection conduced by Jason Musick of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and <br />Safety. Miranda Kawcak of Seneca Property, LLC accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear and the <br />site was dry at the time of the inspection. The site is a surface mine currently in reclamation. No activities were <br />being conducted on the site at the time of the inspection. Hunters were observed during the inspection with <br />campers and utvs parked at the shop area. No permitting activities are on-going. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> <br />Pond 006 was stable, holding water, and discharging at the time of the inspection. Embankments were well <br />vegetated with no problems noted. The slump on the south side of the pond remains up and away from the pond at <br />the time of this inspection. <br /> <br />Pond 015 embankments were stable and well vegetated. The pond displayed a pool of water and was not <br />discharging at the time of the inspection. No problems were noted with the primary or emergency spillways. <br />Prior to this inspection it was noted that the Pond 015 primary riser pipe was damaged. The pipe had rusted <br />through to allow water to enter the pipe approximately 2 feet below the top of the riser. A small amount of initial <br />erosion had begun around the pipe and into the embankment. The pipe has been repaired and the repair work was <br />adequate to allow the riser to function as designed. No problems were noted. <br /> <br />Pond 009 embankments were stable and well vegetated. The pond was holding water with no discharge at the <br />time of the inspection. No problems were noted with the primary or emergency spillways. <br /> <br />Pond 016 embankments were stable and well vegetated. The pond was discharging at the time of the inspection. <br />No problems were noted with the primary or emergency spillways. <br /> <br />Pond 005 was holding water with no discharge. The embankments were stable with no problems noted. Two salt <br />blocks are on the north end of the embankment.