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July 30, 2021 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine LDS <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 />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection. The site was flown and photgraphed by Brock Bowles. Pictures were <br />inspected by Leigh Simmons. The weather was clear, although a haze in the air caused by smoke from wildfires <br />accross the western US reduced the clarity of some of the pictures. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />Reclaimed areas around the mine facilities area, including the Elk Creek channel, appeared to be stable. <br />The reclaimed CBM well pads and roads also appear stable, with vegetative cover visible. The reclaimed <br />disturbance in A -gulch also appeared to be stable, with more established vegetation. There is no sign of any <br />erosion on any of the reclaimed areas. <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br />The pictures of B-gulch appear to show a small landslide at a rock outcrop near the head of the gulch. The <br />rockfall/landslide is immediately south of the CBM-9/10/12/14 pad, and perhaps 50-100' lower in elevation. The <br />aerial images do not suggest that the pad contributed to increased runoff down the gulch or could be linked to the <br />landslide. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <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: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />