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June 14, 2018 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />The slurry excavation area near the wash plant was not holding water at the time of inspection and was not <br />receiving any thickener underflow. Multiple train cars which derailed as noted in last complete were still present <br />on the mine site. No water was discharging from the waste pile drain. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> <br />New Items from June inspection: <br /> Fish Creek Tipple pond: Cattails to be cleared from discharge weep holes and grasses cleared from above <br />weir. <br /> Two topsoil signs down along the 6MN road <br /> Culvert going under the road at the NE corner of the treatment ponds is completely clogged <br /> Pond B: erosional feature on inlet side of first cell needs to be stabilized, cattail cleared from weir, and <br />garbage cleared out of 2nd cell. <br /> Mine ID signs are needed at new borehole pads. <br /> 9E Utility Borehole pad needs to be cleaned up. Erosional feature (pic below) needs to be stabilized, bag <br />product needs be cleaned up. Operator stated that cows got onto the pad and into the bag product. Trash <br />needs to be picked up from pad area. <br /> Ditch F-1 needs to be cleared out of pipe and other stacked/stored mine materials that have fallen into the <br />ditch. <br /> Ditch E-1(A)and (B) need to be cleared of wood and other stacked/stored mine materials that have fallen <br />into the ditch, and the ditch needs to be reestablished in some areas. <br /> Topsoil pile being moved to accommodate the waste pile expansion has been in the process of being <br />moved for over a year without being shaped or seeded. This pile needs to be better protected and either <br />moved to the new location and shaped and seeded or shaped and seeded in place. <br />Outstanding Maintenance items from previous inspections: <br /> Culvert F-4(A); the end of this culvert and crushed and needs to be repaired <br /> Pond E delta at inlet needs to be cleaned out <br /> Culvert B2 at wash plant will need additional maintenance. Inlet needs to be cleared. <br /> 5MN pad needs additional vegetation established and silt fence maintenance and/or waddles repaired <br /> Vegetation is spare at the 9E Utility Borehole and will need to be (re)seeded. <br /> <br />Completed items: <br /> Additional stream buffer zone signs east of the barrels near the train loadout showing the extent of buffer <br />zone more clearly along the tracks have been placed. <br /> Ditch D-4 along road into portal has been cleaned and re-established