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<br />Surface water: All surface water monitoring sites were checked <br />and none were running water with the exception of Oak Creek. The <br />Oak Creek site has a series of beaver dams which would make it <br />difficult to obtain useful flow information. MLRD instructed the <br />company to either remove the beavers and dams or establish a new <br />monitoring site. <br />Ground water: All ground water wells were checked and were found <br />to be capped to prevent contamination. The wells were marked <br />with wooden lathes for identification purposes. The M-8 well was <br />contaminated during drilling and only water levels are recorded <br />for that well. <br />Discharges: No discharges were occurring at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />Protected stream channels: No protected stream channels are <br />located at this mine. <br />HAUL/ACCESS ROADS: <br />Surfacing: No road surfacing was visible at the time of the <br />inspection due to contamination by mud. Section 9.03.2 of the <br />permit application states that road surfacing will be used to <br />control runoff, erosion and resultant siltation. Runoff from the <br />access road enters sedimentation pond 5, however surfacing must <br />be maintained on the road. <br />Maintenance: Although the road was graded during the inspection, <br />maintenance was poor. <br />Ditches and culverts: The ditches along the access road were <br />either Wont existent or full of mud pushed from the road. <br />Failure to maintain the ditches were included in N.O.V. C-91-29. <br />Reclamation: The access road is still being used and is planned <br />to be a post-mining road. The permit application states "Prior <br />to abandonment, EFCI will obtain a signed request from the land <br />owner to retain the access road." Although Rule 4.03.2(1)(f)(ii) <br />