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25 September 2019 C-1981-010/Trapper Mine RAR <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 R -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records R -Reclamation Success <br /> R -Backfill& Grading R -Revegetation <br /> N -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br /> N -Explosives Y - Slides and Other Damage <br /> Y -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> R -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> NA -Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> NA -Processing Waste R -Topsoil <br /> This was a partial inspection of the Trapper Mine; permit C 1981010, operated by Trapper Mining Inc. <br /> The inspection was conducted and the report and photos prepared by me,Robin Reilley of the DRMS. <br /> Graham Roberts, Trapper Mine representative was present throughout the inspection. Skies were clear <br /> with the temperature about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Ash and coal were being hauled; spoil and topsoil <br /> transported, dumped and graded and; roads were being watered throughout the day. The power plant <br /> crusher was undergoing maintenance therefore the coal stockpile was large at the time of inspection. <br /> Topsoil laydown depths were verified across the area accessible and were no machinery was working at <br /> the time of inspection. <br /> PERMITTING A CTIONS: <br /> o PR9 Rewrite <br /> OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE ITEMS: <br /> Culverts <br /> 1. Previous inspections identified several abraded culverts along the main haul road. Some <br /> culverts were replaced in 2018 during the time a portion of the power plant was temporarily <br /> decommissioned, others require addressing. <br /> 2. Sediment markers were not visible in the following ponds: <br /> o No Name#2, 41 5 <br /> o Middle Flume#3 <br /> o Johnson#7R, 8R, 9R, and IOR <br /> 3. The marker in West Horse Gulch requires replacement. <br /> 4. Several Elaeagnus angustifolia should be removed around impoundment H. <br /> 5. Deltas were identified in ponds Deal and Middle Flume and will be dredged in the fall of <br /> 2019. The Quarter 1 Sediment Pond inspection identified Horse Pond as reaching its 60% <br /> sediment limit as well so, should also be cleaned during the fall of 2019. <br /> INSPECTION <br /> GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> Main haul roads and access roads were dry. Two draglines were operating casting spoil, one in the pit <br /> and one clearing spoil for the construction of a drainage way, one dragline was idle. Contemporaneous <br /> reclamation, grading, overburden and topsoil placement were taking place at the time of inspection and <br /> appear to be progressing adequately and as permitted. Constructed drainages and their check dams were <br /> being established. No offsite air quality or hydrologic issues were observed at the time of inspection. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />