_INSPECTION - C1981020 ‎(25)‎

• Permit No: C1981020
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 11/19/2007
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made
during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
straw and seeding of soil filled gullies). When I departed the site on the afternoon of the 19'h, the crew had
headed back up the reclaimed portal access road to perform the erosion repair and spot reseeding work. Mr.
Brandstadt indicated he would check with his superiors regarding the mulch crimping issue.
I had not been notified as to whether the mulch crimping had been completed or not prior to my follow-up
inspection on November 29. There were no vehicles parked at the end of the road (below the fenced reclaimed
road segment)at 9am on the 29th, and it did not appear that the mulched area just inside the fence had been
crimped, so I assumed that crews were not on site and the crimping project had not yet been initiated. As a
result, I did not hike up the reclaimed portal access road on the 29t , I did hike the four mile round trip up the
North Fork of Munger Creek along the reclaimed light use road to the reclaimed drill site in the McClane Canyon
Mine permit area. I arrived back at my vehicle at approximately 1:30 p.m. There were no vehicles present and I
made the assumption that the mulch crimping project had not been undertaken. As a result, I did not hike up the
reclaimed access road to the portal area; my reasoning being that I would undertake that hike once I had been
notified that the crimping project and erosion repairs had been completed.
Offsite Support Facilities
The Loma Loadout was inspected and the following observations were made:
• Site conditions were dry. Soil surface is stabilized by a mix of winter and summer annuals, as well as
perennials including western wheatgrass, seepweed, greasewood, fourwing saltbush, and forage kochia.
• The SAE silt fence had been properly replaced prior to my inspection of 11/29/07.
Miscellaneous Reclamation Notes
• Segments of the old "elephant trunk"culvert outlets are still scattered along the toe of the slope below
the reclaimed portal access road, and need to be gathered up and hauled out for proper disposal.
• In one location, segments of fiberglass tubing used for an upper road culvert outfall remain on the slope
below the backfilled road. The tubing needs to be removed and properly disposed of.
• Wooden power poles are stacked along the lower road, west of the Munger Creek culvert, and will need
to be hauled out for proper disposal.
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