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31 January 2019 C1981044/Williams Fork RAR <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />Y - 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 />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br />This was a Partial inspection of the Williams Fork Mine; C1981044, operated by Moffat County <br />Mining LLC. The inspection was conducted aerially by Harry Ranney and the report prepared <br />by me, Robin Reilley of the DRMS. Skies appeared overcast. Demolition of the site continues <br />with disposal of the materials progressing in a timely fashion. Main haul roads appeared in good <br />repair, no offsite hydrologic or air quality issues were detected in the imagery. The site was <br />snow covered and little recent activity was apparent in the imagery. <br /> <br />UPCOMING PERMITTING ACTIONS: <br />o Phase I, II and III bond release of Utah Track and the Williams Fork strip pit received in <br />house 25 January 2019. <br /> <br />INSPECTION: <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />Reclamation is underway as permitted, with many of the facilities already demolished. Most <br />ponds will be reclaimed, as over the course of the year they do not retain water. With the <br />exception of a vehicle storage building, facilities will be demolished and hauled away. ColoWyo <br />wishes to preserve access to the site for maintenance of their railroad spur that traverse the site. <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 Maintenance 4.03.1(5) <br />and (6) I 4.03.2(5) and (6); Reclamation 4.03.1(7) I 4.03.2(7): <br />o Main haul roads in and around the site were snow covered and appeared plowed, stable <br />and adequately maintained. <br />o No fugitive dust was apparent at the time of inspection. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE- Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring4.05.13; Surface Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage- Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream <br />Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />o Ponds observed in the imagery held some snow and appeared dry. <br />o No active reclamation appeared to be occurring in the stream buffer zone that exists