_INSPECTION - C1980005 ‎(9)‎

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 7/14/2009
• Email Name: DTM
• 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.
depicted on SL-4 Exhibit A will not be approved for Phase 1 bond release prior to final
approval of TR-51.
Hydrologic Balance
Runoff from the East Wadge Area reports to Sediment Pond 008, the PM-12A corridor reports to
Sediment Ponds 004 (portions of the access route from Road E-1 to the channel) and 008.
Runoff from the reclaimed Solid Waste Disposal area reports to Sediment Pond 002, the large
final pit impoundment south of shop facilities area. These ponds have been approved as
permanent impoundments, and the ponds have consistently met applicable NPDES discharge
standards. During the course of the inspection, it was noted that each of the ponds was
discharging clear flow. Pond 004 and 008 embankments were stable and well vegetated. Pond
002 is a final pit impoundment without an embankment. No problems were noted with the
sediment ponds and no water quality related problems were observed during inspection of the
parcels included in the SL-4 bond release application. All disturbed land within each of the
release request areas does report to an approved sedimentation pond.
All permanent post-mine drainage channels included in the release request parcels were inspected
as part of this Phase I bond release to assess general design compliance and functionality.
Postmine channels inspected include PM-8 and tributary erosion control "V-Ditches" in the East
Wadge Area, the Channel PM-10 drainage in the Solid Waste Disposal Area, and the PM-12A
corridor. Please refer to the Backfill and Grading section of this report for detailed discussion of
the permanent channels.
Topsoil
The former location of Topsoil Stockpile P, located northwest of the Solid waste disposal site,
was viewed from a distance. All of the topsoil that remained in the stockpile was used up in
reclamation of the final portion of the Solid Waste Disposal Area. The stockpile site had been
included in the previous Phase I bond release(SL-1), presumably because a relatively small
quantity of soil remained in stockpile at that time. It appeared that a good initial stand of seeded
vegetation had been established in the stockpile footprint area, and no problems were noted.
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