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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during <br />the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the <br />facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection of the New Horizon Mine for the month of September, 1999. The main <br />purpose of this inspection was to inspect a property for some alleged blasting damage even though a <br />formal written request has not been received. Results of the inspection will be included in a letter to the <br />mine and to the person of Jonn Daniels, owner of the property. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE: Mine 1: Ponds 1 and 6 had water in them but only 1 was discharging as <br />normal, all other ponds were dry. All ditches and culverts are functioning as designed. Mine 2: Pond 7 <br />had water in it but was not discharging. All ditches and culverts were clear and capable of functioning as <br />designed. <br />BACKFILL & GRADING: B & G was in progress as is normal. No problems were noted. For the Phase <br />1 bond release area, the land was completely covered by foot and no evidence of any rills or gullies were <br />noticed. The land conformed to the approved post mining topography map and no low spots were noted. <br />Runoff from the area flows into the approved drainage channel which was bond released last year. <br />EXPLOSIVES:. Records were inspected and found to be in total compliance. The records were <br />inspected back for a period of 2 years and a request for earlier records be sent to the Division was made. <br />Currently, no evidence of any blasting irregularities were noted that might cause foundations to crack and <br />stucco to break and spaul, other than the wettest summer on record for about 26 years. <br />TOPSOIL: The topsoiling recovery and replacement for this year has been completed. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS: The site was in excellent condition and this site remains as one of the <br />most outstanding reclamation efforts by an active minesite. <br />Vegetation: The vegetation at all sites is still green and growing. As noted above, this has been an <br />extremely wet summer and the vegetation has benefited greatly from all the rain. <br />