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C-1981-010/Trapper Mine RAR <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 3 of 12 <br /> <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3) I 4.03.2(3); Drainage 4.03.1(4) I 4.03.2(4); Surfacing and Maintenance 4.03.1(5) <br />and (6) I 4.03.2(5) and (6); Reclamation 4.03.1(7) I 4.03.2(7) <br />o Main haul roads were dry and in good repair. <br />o Haul roads were being watered as needed. <br />o All access roads were accessible and in adequate repair at the time of inspection. <br />o Ditches along haul roads and access roads appeared to be functioning adequately. <br /> <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, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage- Acid <br />and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6,4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18 <br /> <br />Pond banks were stable and vegetated, spillways, discharge structures; flumes and decant structures, <br />appeared in good repair at the time of inspection. Dam outslopes were vegetated and no seepage was <br />observed through the dams at the time of inspection. The Flume system in August suddenly experienced <br />a proliferation of aquatic growth comprised of cattails and grasses, covering a significant portion of the <br />ponds and their circumference. <br /> <br />Ponds visited include: <br />o East Buzzard #3 holding turbid water at the time of inspection. The pond was not discharging. <br />Spillway repairs had been completed at the time of inspection. <br />o West Buzzard #4 holding a small amount of water. Spillway repairs had been completed at the <br />time of inspection. <br />o No Name Pond #2 had been dewatered to facilitate dredging. Dredging had been completed early <br />in September. Repairs to the spillway had been completed at the time of inspection. Dredging <br />may occur every year or so until Derringer Pit vegetation stabilizes the slopes above. Inflow <br />water from upstream springs is no longer diverted around pond. Discharge is flowing clear to the <br />next pond in the system. <br />o No Name #4 appeared full at the time of inspection. <br />o No Name #5 was full and was discharging clear water. Vegetation had been removed from the <br />outlet side of the pond and flume. <br />o East Middle Flume #1. Discharging clearwater, cattails are abundant at the entrance to the <br />spillway and grass is prevalent throughout the pond. <br />o Middle Flume #3, a portion of the delta has been removed. There is grass growing throughout the <br />pond and a formidable stand of cattails around the perimeter. The pond was not discharging at <br />the time of inspection. <br />o East flume #1 was dry at the time of inspection. <br /> <br />USE of EXPLOSIVES – Rule 4.08 <br />General Requirements 4.08.1; Pre blasting survey 4.08.2; Public Notice of Blasting Schedule 4.08.3; <br />Surface Blasting Requirements 4.08.4; Records of Blasting for Surface Coal Mining 4.08.5; <br />Seismographic Measurements 4.08.6d stripping. <br />o Blasts were being prepared in J Pit. <br /> <br />SLIDES and OTHER DAMAGE- Rule 4.12 <br />o Several cracks exist across the side and are routinely monitored for any changes, specifically <br />additional movement, cracking or slumping. <br />