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October 16, 2018 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />Water Treatment <br />ponds <br />Y Y (to <br />leach <br />field) <br />facilities water leach <br />field <br /> <br />Stream buffer zone <br />@ train load-out <br /> ok <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 summer of 2018 were still present <br />on the mine site. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />Maintenance items from October complete: <br /> Pond B outlet, replace oil boom, clear cattail <br /> Clear Delta at inlet of pond E <br /> Pond G stabilize riser <br /> Clear ditches F-1, G-1, G-2, and F-2A, of mud tire tracks, garbage, and parts. And establish to allow flow <br /> Topsoil signs down: 18R, Along 6MN road, 10R road <br /> Grade and reseed 3 topsoil piles at 9E <br /> 5R pad reseed <br /> Clear culvert at SE corner of Fish Creek borehole under road <br /> Fish Creek tipple pond, clear veg at v notch, cattails around discharge weep holes, repair or remove crushed <br />culvert <br /> <br />Outstanding Maintenance items from previous inspections: <br /> Culvert B2 at wash plant will need additional maintenance. Inlet needs to be cleared. <br /> Vegetation is spare at the 9E Utility Borehole and will need to be (re)seeded. <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 weirMine ID <br />signs are needed at new borehole pads. <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. (In process of moving <br />during October inspection) <br /> Mine ID signs are needed at new borehole pads. <br />