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October 12, 2017 C-1981-037/GEC Strip Mine ZTT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <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 />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - 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 />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - 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 complete inspection of the GEC Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) on October 12, 2017. The GEC Mine was a surface mine which the <br />Division has revoked the bond and terminated the permit. Therefore, no mine operator remains. All bond monies <br />available to the Division were utilized by the Divisin for reclamation activitries and no reclamation bond money <br />remains to conduct maintenance activities. The weather was clear and ground conditions were dry. Temperatures <br />during the inspection were around eighty degrees fahrenheit. <br />AVAILABILIT Y OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />This is a bond forfeiture site and all applicable records are maintained by the Division. <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 />Pond A was dry at the time of the inspection. No issues were observed. <br /> <br />The drainage between the East and West Areas has some erosion along the slopes as welll as base channel. <br /> <br />The channel located along the Monarch Fan access road is heavily cut. Concrete check structures remain in broken <br />and ineffective. <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) <br />Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4)