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September 20, 2018 C-1981-018/Deserado Mine CCW <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <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 />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - 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 Deserado Mine conducted on September 20, 2018. The inspection was <br />completed by Clayton Wein of the Division of Reclamatio n, Minning and Safety (the Division). Scott Wanstedt <br />of Blue Mountain Energy (BME) accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear with a temperature of 75 <br />degrees F. The ground conditions were dry. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The records for the Deserado mine are kept with Scott Wanstedt at the Deserado Mine office. <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 /> There are three ponds located at the facilities area: the D P-1 Pond, the PP-1 Pond and the PP-2 Pond. The <br />DP-1 Pond was impounding water at the time of the inspection. The embankment was well vegetated and stable. <br />There were no indications of erosion. The trash rack on the primary spillway was clear of debris and functional <br />(Photo 1). The emergency spillway was in good condition and capable of functioning as designed. Both the PP -1 <br />and PP-2 ponds were holding water. The embankments to the ponds were stable with no erosional concerns. <br />Vegetation on the embankments was well-established. There is one sump located at the Halandras Landfill. The <br />sump was dry and in good repair. There were no erosional features identified. The Rail Loop pond RR -1 was dry <br />during the inspection. The embankments were stable with well-established vegetation. There were not any <br />erosional features. The Rail Loop sump RS -1 was also dry (Photo 2). The sump was stable and well vegetated. <br />There were no erosional features identified. There are two ponds located at the Slot Storage, the SS-1 Pond and <br />the SS-2 Pond. Both of the ponds were dry at the time of the inspection. The embankments of the ponds have <br />well-established vegetation on them. There were no erosional features and the embankments were stable. The B <br />Seam # 2 dewatering system was not operating at the time of the inspection. There was a small amount of water <br />impounded in the second cell of the system (Photo 3). The embankments were stable with no erosion. The <br />vegetation on the embankments of the cells in the system were starting to grow in. All cells of the B Seam # 1