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24 August 2022 <br /> C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines RAR <br /> o The entire site was accessible. <br /> o Access roads around the site appeared in good repair with no ruts or standing water. <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 /> o Pond banks and dam at the pond located at the portal area appeared stable at the time of <br /> inspection. Backfilling and grading activities at the portal were not impacting the pond. <br /> o None of the ponds held water at the time of inspection. <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 A series of small topsoil piles are scattered throughout the site. <br /> o Piles appeared to be marked appropriately with T posts. <br /> o All topsoil piles are vegetated. <br /> BACKFILL and GRADING RULE 4.14 <br /> o Backfilling and grading at the portal were occurring at the time of inspection. <br /> o Machinery was staged at the portal area at the time of inspection. The area in front of the <br /> service building had been graded. The portal opening was covered with spoil to be <br /> contoured. The deep ditch that formerly housed a large culvert from the portal area down <br /> to the west of the site had been filled and partially graded. <br /> o Culverts have been pulled and are awaiting removal. <br /> RE VEGETATION-Rule 4.15 <br /> General Requirements 4.15.1; Use of Species 4.15.2, Grazing 4.15.5 <br /> o Reclamation and revegetation are progressing as permitted. <br /> o Seeding that occurred in fall of 2019 and 2020 along the bottomlands of the Williams <br /> Fork River exhibited robust growth. Grasses were 2.5 feet tall with seedheads. Grasses <br /> where beginning to dry. Grasses will be mowed in the fall and left to deposit seeds and <br /> act as a winter mulch. <br /> o Cows were grazing in the bottomlands <br /> o The Refuse Pile will be reseeded in the autumn. <br /> ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br /> DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br /> None <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br />