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Trapper Mine, C-1981-010 Bond Release Inspection SL-8, SL-9, and SL-10 October 13th: 1:00—5:00 October 14th: 8:00—4:00 October 151h: 8:00—2:00 October 16"': 8:00—9:00 (closeout meeting) Weather: sunny, cool, dry Participants: Jason Musick (DRMS) Dan Hernandez (DRMS) Christine Belka(OSMRE) Graham Roberts(TMI) Forrest Luke (TMI) present Monday and Thursday Jennifer Maiolo (BLM)present Tuesday The rangeland at the west end of the mine is proposed for Phase I & II release. These areas (A-C- 04 and A-C-05) appear stable and well-vegetated. Good grass cover has been established and a variety of plants are present (yarrow, sage, antelope bitter brush, etc). This area shows evidence of livestock and wildlife visitation(paths, prints,burrows, etc). A small access road cuts through A-C-04 to an approved Phase III hay/alfalfa field. The well-vegetated topsoil pile by this road may be used to reclaim the road when it is no longer needed. A new exploration drill hole was found on A-C-05. The surrounding area has been scraped of vegetation and topsoil. A stake identified this hole as "08-16". The newly disturbed area will be removed from the current bond release map so the surrounding area may proceed through Phase I release. The scraped pad will be regraded, but its reclamation liability period will start over at that time. The remaining Phase I area already shows vegetation diversity and natural sage encroachment. A gully was identified by a small "road" (Not an identified a s 4 road,but an old strip used to walk the Molly Brown dragline. `mom Vegetation is establishing but this is still driven on ,£ occasionally) in northwestern H-C-04. The gully varies in size ' along its length,reaching a maximum of approximately 3 feet wide x 1 foot deep (see Figure 1). The area is proposed for both � Phase I & II release. We agreed that this gully will be repaired under TMI's approved rill and gully maintenance plan. DRMS, and if possible OSM, will revisit this feature after � � maintenance has been performed before bond release is granted. Fig. 1:H-C-04 gully A monitoring well dug on the southern portion of H-C-04 in 2005 or 2006 penetrated a confined aquifer and is flowing at approximately 1 gpm. The surrounding area is muddy as a result. This was drilled under an NOI and as such will be held to different reclamation rules. Vegetation in the surrounding area is well-established, but patches of weeds remain—especially along the reclaimed road. This area is a potential candidate for weed maintenance.