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February 26, 2025 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine LJW <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - 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 /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Lucas West of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety’s Active Mines Program. The site is in final reclamation, and not active the day of the inspection. The <br />weather was clear and dry. Mindy Sickles of Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation was contacted however did not <br />accompany the inspection. Five Photos accompany this report to illustrate the observed site conditions. <br /> <br />The overall footprint of the site is in excellent condition. No maintenance items or possible violations were noted <br />during this inspection. <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 backfill and recontouring of the Pond 001 and 002 areas were observed during the inspection. The <br />Pond 002 area that has been backfilled, shown in Photo One, is in good condition. No evidence of settling or <br />slumping was noted. The contributing ditch, which has also been backfilled, appeared stable at the time of the <br />inspection. The Pond 001 area also appeared stable and in good condition. No slumping or settling was noted. <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, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> The stock pond located in the Southwest corner of the Permit Area was observed to be in good condition. <br />The pond, shown in Photo Two, contained no standing water and showed no evidence of recent containment. The <br />banks of the pond appeared stable at the time of the inspection and are well vegetated. No evidence of erosion or <br />sedimentation was noted. <br /> <br />Additionally, the stilt fences that were installed at the South end of the irrigated alfalfa field to control erosion <br />caused by irrigation tail water across the middle of the reclaimed facilities area were observed. All silt fences are <br />in excellent condition and deterioration over the winter months was not evident. The erosional feature they are set