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Colowyo C-1981-019 25 July 2006 ~~7 Pg 2/7 Roads: -The access road and haul road to the Gossard Loadout is a paved road. The haul road from the facilities area to the Gossard Loadout has been repaved in most locations (only approximately 500 feet have not been repaved). The road was well maintained and in good condition. The operator was working on adding fill material to the shoulders of the road to eliminate the steep drop-off that currently exists. They were using a motor grader and a scraper to place and grade fill material. Upon completion of the work the operator will re-cut the roadside ditches and increase the height of the MSHA berm. - The light-use road fo the West Pit and East Taylor ponds was dry and slightly rutted at the time of the inspection. The road was stable and overall in good condition. -The haul roads in the East and West pit areas were all well maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. The roads were dry and were being constantly watered at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems were noted on these roads. In an effort to increase haul truck fire life, CCC has stopped placing rock on the road. This has led to more dust, which CCC is attempting to control by watering and applying MgCI. -The light-use roads around the Gossard Loadout and to the rail loop were well maintained and in good condition. -The roads around the Section 16 Pit and pond (many of which are exploration roads) were all stable at the time of the inspection. The roads are not used very much as the Section 16 Pit is inactive. The Section 16 Pit will be used for a haul road for the South Taylor project. CCC has also created additional in-pit roads in the Section 16 Pit area for topsoil and overburden removal operations that are underway. Hydrologic Balance: -The Section 16 Pond (NPDES 009A) contained water approximately seven feet below the top of the discharge pipe and was not discharging (the water level was just below the gated discharge pipet. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable and no erosional problems were noted. The emergency spillway is a riprapped channel. The spillway was stable and in good condition. The inlet ditches were all stable and in good condition. - The wash bay pond (not a NPDES discharge point) contained water approximately five feet below the top of the embankment and was not discharging. This is a total containment pond and discharge triggers BTEX testing (in addition to regular NPDES testing). The water from this pond is used for watering the roads. The pond embankment was well vegetated and appeared stable at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems were noted on the pond embankment at the time of the inspection. There was some Canadian Thistle by the pond that needs to be sprayed. Tay indicated that weed spraying has been scheduled. The two concrete wash bay sumps were stable at the time of the inspection. The sump closest to the wash bay was full and the second was half full. The wash bay pond pre-settling was discharging into the wash bay pond at the time of the inspection. -The work area pond (NPDES 002A) contained water approximately three feet below the discharge pipe (and one foot below the weep-hole] and was not discharging. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable at the time of the inspection.