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September 14, 2020 C-1981-008/New Horizon Mine JHB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA—Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />N -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection conducted by DRMS. The inspection is a result of aerial photos taken by Brock <br />Bowles of CDRMS on 9/3/2020, downloading the images on 9/4/2020, and Janet Binns of CDRMS evaluating <br />them on 9/11/2020. <br />The weather conditions appear clear and dry based upon the images. <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION -Rule <br />The operator is using a water truck on the roads during the topsoil moving operation. <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; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Pond 13 was holding a full pool of water. Pond 15 was dry. Pond 18 was dry. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - <br />The irrigated cropland (Morgan property) is currently planted to the rotation crop. Portions of the field are patchy, <br />though much of the field has good vegetative coverage. The aerial photo helps illustrate the drainage pattern of <br />the field. The west portion of the field drains to the Northwest corner and is handled by an SAE. The eastern <br />portion of the field drains mostly to Pond 16. Photo 8. <br />TOPSOIL — Rule 4.06 <br />Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4.06.3; Redistribution 4.06.4: <br />The operator has added topsoil to Irrigated pasture IP -8 (Benson West) to reduce the low areas as a result <br />of differential settling. Photo 1. The recently top soiled area has not yet been seeded. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />