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May 31, 2018 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine BFB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - 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 />R - Topsoil <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection of the New Horizon North Mine conducted by Brock Bowles of CDRMS. Frank <br />Ferris of ERMR was present for the entire inspection. The weather conditions were clear and windy. The wind <br />was gusting to 30 mph and the temperature was approximately 85F. Mine operations stopped at approximately 12 <br />pm due to high wind conditions. <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> The water truck was watering the in-pit roads. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwa ll Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> The facilities area soil was being hauled to the pit for backfilling (photo 1). <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 1 contained water but was not discharging. The west and east ditches were in good condition. <br /> <br />Pond 2 contained a small amount of water but was not discharging. The south and north ditches were in good <br />condition. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> TR16 was submitted requesting to remove the facilities area north of Meehan Draw because this area was <br />not disturbed for mining operations. TR16 is currently being reviewed by DRMS. The area north of Meehan <br />Draw was walked during this inspection to verify there were no mining related disturbances. The west side of the <br />Glasier property contains a fairly dense stand dryland shrubs while the east side is an open pasture containing <br />grasses (photos 2 and 3). The Meehan property (north of Meehan Draw) consists of a variety of dryland shrubs