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` ~ (Page 3) • MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-77-493 INSPECTION -ATE 9/17198 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ACS shore. The culvert that carried the stream under this road has been removed, and the stream is passed through a hay bale prior to flowing into the reservoir. There is also a small flow of water down this spur road coming from the south. This spur road is no longer useful, will be hand seeded in the fall of 1998. The stream channel that flows into the reservoir's east end was followed up to the east several hundred feet. This stream channel was observed to lead back to the location of the Robinson Lake ground water cutoff wall. With the exception of the spur road described previously, this drainage is essentially undisturbed and well- vegetated all the way back to the ground water cutoff wall. If the ground water cutoff wall is properly maintained and operated, and if the spur road is revegetated, the inlet to the Eagle Park Reservoir at the east end should continue to provide good quality water to the reservoir. Based on the observations made during this inspection, and documented in the preceding paragraphs, the Operator has satisfied the requirements of condition No. 3 to Revision SR-002. Infestations of Yellow Toad Flax and Oxeye Daisy were observed in the drainage above Eagle Park Reservoir. The overall weed situation at Climax was discussed. Based on the Division's observations during inspections at the site over the past several years, there are no severe weed infestations on the Climax property. The Operator is concerned with the Yellow Toad Flax, Oxeye Daisy, and Canada Thistle that is present, and has taken the initiative to explore and develop weed control strategies for the site. The Operator is encouraged to contact local weed control offices in the development of a control plan, and to report progress on weed control in the annual reclamation report for the Climax Mine. A copy of the Weed Control Policy adopted by the Mined Land Reclamation Board on 7/29/98 is being provided under separate cover. Given the general absence of weeds at Climax and the Operator's initiative to institute controls before the problem develops, the Division will not require that a weed control plan be incorporated into the permit at this time. The Eagle Park Reservoir outlet works were under construction at the time of this inspection. It was observed that in order to obtain an undiluted sample of water released from the reservoir, that the sampling point must be at the end of the pipe exiting the dam face. It was also agreed that the sampling required under SR-002 would occur at the beginning, middle, and end of the primary reservoir release period which coincides with snow making operations at downstream resorts, and that minor releases during mid-winter to lower the reservoir for spring runoff would not, in general, be sampled. I & E Contact Address cc: Carl Mount, DMG ^ CE NAME Brvice Romig ^ BL OPERATOR Climax Molybdenum Comnanv ^ FS STREET Climax Mine ^ HW CITY/STATE/ZIP Climax. CO 80429 ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WQCD (CH)