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November 7, 2024 C-1981-018/Deserado Mine TJ1 <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 14 <br /> <br /> <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 />R - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This report documents the Division’s observations taken during a complete inspection of the Deserado Mine <br />conducted on November 7, 2024. This report was written by Todd Jesse of the Division. The operator, Blue <br />Mountain Energy (BME) was represented by Kurt Blunt during the inspection. The weather was sunny and around <br />20° F at the start of the inspection. The ground conditions were muddy in areas due to recent snow, but the <br />entire mine site was accessible to travel. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The records for the Deserado Mine are located at the mine office with Kurt Blunt. The records were well <br />kept and up to date. The APEN permit is expired, but currently in the renewal process awaiting approval. The <br />permit expired 1/12/2024. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> The Halandras Landfill has been backfilled and graded to approximate original contour. No topsoil has <br />been spread on the site. The topsoil pile that remains next to the landfill appears to be of sufficient size to complete <br />reclamation. Some volunteer vegetation has begun to grow (Photo 1). <br /> <br />EXPLOSIVES – Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br /> The explosives storage area for the Deserado Mine is located at the southern end of the main facilities <br />area. The storage consists of a pad with a storage bunker for the explosives. The cut and fill slope of the pad was <br />stable with no erosional features. Runoff from the pad is directed to an outlet at the southern end of the pad and <br />passes down a channel through straw bales. The bales appear to be in good condition and functioning as designed <br />(Photo 2). <br /> <br />FISH and WILDLIFE – Rule 4.18: <br /> Wildlife was observed throughout the mine site. A mallard was noted at the Last Chance Pond. Deer were