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December 19, 2017 C-1983-059/Terror Creek Loadout CCW <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <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 />N - 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 />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection of the Terror Creek Loadout, conducted on December 19, 2017. The inspection was <br />completed by Clayton Wein of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division). No company <br />representative was present for the inspection. The weather was clear with a temperature of 40 degrees farenheight. <br />The ground conditions were dry. <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 Str uctures 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 /> The Terror Creek Loadout has two ponds; the Dugout pond on the west end of the site, and the Sediment <br />Pond (Photo 1) located on the east end of the site. Both of the ponds were observed to be dry during the <br />inspection. The embankments were well vegetated and stable. Th ere were no erosional features identified. <br /> <br />Ditches A, B and C were inspected. The ditches were clear of debris and capable of functioning as designed. <br />There was not any water flowing in the ditches during the inspection. The culverts associated with these ditches <br />were in good repair and there were no blockages observed. <br /> <br />The Coal Stockpile Pad was in good condition (Photo 2). There were no major erosional features observed. There <br />were minor rills on the northern edge of the stockpile pad leading into the perimeter ditch. The perimeter ditch <br />around the coal stockpile pad was in good repair. The ditch was free from debris and capable of functioning as <br />designed. There was not any water flowing during the inspection. <br /> <br />For details related to the hydrologic balance of the topsoil piles, please see the Topsoil section of this report. <br />