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12 October 2020 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines RAR <br />ROADS Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3) 14.03.2(3); Drainage 4.03.1(4) 14.03.2(4); Surfacing and Maintenance <br />4.03.1(5) and (6) 14.03.2(5) and (6); Reclamation 4.03.1(7) 14.03.2(7) <br />o The Haul Road was in good repair and well maintained at the time of inspection <br />o Ditches appeared to be functioning adequately. <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 <br />Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring <br />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 />Unless otherwise noted, pond banks and dams appeared stable at the time of inspection. None of <br />the ponds held water at the time of inspection. Ponds were marked with tposts. <br />TOPSOIL RULE 4.06 <br />Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4.06.3; Redistribution <br />4.06.4 <br />o No instability, rilling or gullying were noted on the observed topsoil piles. <br />o Piles appeared to be marked appropriately with tposts. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING R ULE 4.14 <br />o Backfilling and grading at the portal has not taken place during the 2020 filed season. <br />REVEGETATION - Rule 4.15 <br />General Requirements 4.15.1; Use of Species 4.15.2, Grazing 4.15.5 <br />o Reclamation and revegetation appeared to be progressing adequately. <br />o Seeding that occurred in fall of 2019 along the bottomlands of the Williams Fork River <br />was sparse and appeared somewhat stressed. <br />o The operator plans on reseeding the areas seeded in fall of 2019 in order to assure <br />adequate cover is established in the future. <br />o Vegetation throughout the site was going dormant throughout the site. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />None <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />