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11 September 2018 C-1981-010/Trapper Mine RAR <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 3 of 7 <br /> <br />ROADS- Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3) I 4.03.2(3); Drainage 4.03.1(4) I 4.03.2(4); Surfacing and <br />Maintenance 4.03.1(5) and (6) I 4.03.2(5) and (6); Reclamation 4.03.1(7) I 4.03.2(7) <br />o Haul roads and access roads were dry and passable, free of ruts and appeared <br />well maintained providing access to a ll areas of the site. <br />o No evidence of offsite impacts were observed. <br />o Roads were being watered and some dust was being generated due to windy, <br />very dry and low humidity conditions. No offsite impacts were observed at <br />the time of inspection. <br /> <br /> <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES – Rule 4.04 <br />o Support facilities appeared well <br />maintained and organized. <br />o Scoria was being crushed and <br />mounded for winter application <br />on roads. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule <br />4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; <br />Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; <br />Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; <br />Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br /> <br /> Photo 4: Blast preparations. <br />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 />The pond systems observed included Middle Flume 3, the West and Middle Pyeatt’s as well as the <br />construction of two new ponds at Deacon Gulch. <br />o Unless noted, pond banks appeared stable and well vegetated. <br />o Spillways and flumes were clear of debris and appeared to be in good condition. <br />o No seepage through the dam side was apparent. <br />o Pond markers and sediment markers were in place with the exception of the sediment <br />marker at West Pyeatt #1 and the identification sign at Middle Flume #3. This Pyeatt <br />marker was replaced shortly after the inspection took place. <br /> <br /> Photo 5: West Pyeatt Pond #1. <br /> <br /> Photo 6: Pond construction at Deacon Gulch.