_INSPECTION - C1994082 ‎(41)‎

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 7/15/2009
• 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.
A 173.02 acre portion of the reclamation within the North Pit was previously approved for Phase
[release in association with SL-1, in June 2007. The SL-2 application requests release for major
portions of the South Pit reclamation, the Neck Pit and adjacent areas, and small remaining areas
of the North Pit that were excluded from the SL-1 approval (three permanent drainage corridors,
a reclaimed light use road, and a small area affected by settlement along a reclaimed highwall).
Following a brief overview meeting at the mine office on the morning of July 15, the field
inspection was initiated. During the inspection, participants walked through large portions of the
release request area, to allow for visual assessment of compliance with pertinent requirements,
including backfilling and grading, site stability,blending of regraded land to undisturbed areas,
and drainage control. An inclinometer was used to field check gradients at major drainage
channels and selected slope locations, and the condition and approximate dimensions of
permanent channels were noted. In the interest of efficiency, the group was split for most of the
inspection, with Sandy Brown and Marcia Talvitie leading one group; Dan Mathews and Howard
Strand the other group. Observations and documentation from each group were compiled and
incorporated in this report. Slope measurements, estimated channel dimensions, and
corresponding permit design specifications, along with relevant comments are provided in
spreadsheet form in Attachment 1 to this report. Supporting photographs are provided in
Attachment 2. Relevant documentation developed over the past several years is included in
previous inspection reports and also referenced in this report as appropriate.
Roads
A number of existing roads within the permit area have been reduced in width and approved as
permanent structures, but the road travel corridors were excluded from the SL-2 application,
because the permanent road approvals were issued subsequent to preparation of the SL-2
application. Because the post-mining road surfaces were excluded from the SL-2 release
application, detailed evaluation of permanent road compliance(including travel width and profile
checks)was not conducted during the SL-2 application. Approved permanent roads are Access
Road "A" and Access Road "B", and the following light use roads: LUI, LU2, LU3A, LU313,
LU4, and LU5. Final width reduction and grading associated with down-sizing of haul roads to
postmine access road status has been completed.
Certain additional light use roads in the South Pit area and Neck Pit vicinity, which are depicted
on the SL-2 application maps (but excluded from the release request area), are temporary and
will ultimately be reclaimed. A road extending from near the YPM-8 channel crossing down to
Pond 12A, and the road from near Pond 13 up to LU313 are roads that are to be reclaimed under
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