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April 15, 2025 C-1981-018/Deserado Mine TJ1 <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 11 <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 />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 />N - 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 April 15, 2025. This report was written by Todd Jesse of the Division. The operator, Blue Mountain <br />Energy (BME) was represented by Kurt Blunt during the inspection. The weather was sunny and around 50° F at <br />the start of the inspection. The ground conditions were dry and the entire mine site was accessible to travel. Please <br />note that Maintenance Items are listed in this report in Bold text. Please provide the Division with photos of the <br />items once they have been completed. <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. A large number of sheep were grazing near the <br />Halandras Landfill. <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 (Photo 1). The bales appear to be in good condition and functioning as <br />designed <br /> <br />FISH and WILDLIFE – Rule 4.18: <br /> Wildlife was observed throughout the mine site. Mallards were noted in the DP-1 Pond and frogs were <br />observed in the RP-2/3 Pond.