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January 16, 2019 C-1996-083/Bowie No. 2 Mine JHB <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R -Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />N - 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 />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The mine site is idle, with no mining activity <br />currently taking place. Facilities remain in place. The portals have been temporarily sealed. A reduced staff <br />remains on site to maintain the site and conduct required monitoring. <br />The weather was cold and snowing heavily. A 8" to 12" snopwpack remained on site. Portions of the North Fork <br />Valley had received rain the previous night. Visibility was low, due to intermittant fog and snow. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />There was a herd of roughly 50 to 60 Elk on the west side of the Gob pile #4. They were grazing in the <br />snow. Grasses on the gob pile are visible through the snow cover. Basil said he has been seeing this herd on the <br />pile frequently. <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 />Ponds were snow covered and frozen. Pond B and pond F were accessible. Snow cover indicated that <br />water (ice) level in the ponds were very low. No discharge was occurring from either pond. According to Basil, <br />no discharge had occurred from any of the ponds this month. Animal tracks (Elk or deer) were visible in the snow <br />over Pond F. No maintenance concerns were noted. <br />BRL is not plowing the haul roads or access roads to areas that they do not need to access in the winter months <br />while the mine is inactive. This renders ponds C, D and K extremely difficult to access. Due to slushy snow pack, <br />and heavy snow falling at the time of the inspection, the inspector did not attempt to access these ponds on foot. <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES — Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />