_INSPECTION - C1982057 ‎(33)‎

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 10/14/2009
• Email Name: DTM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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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.
requested for Phase 1 release within SL-2. LU-1 provides access from the permanent Ridgeline
Access Road up to a high point on the ridge where the electrical substation is located. LU-3 and
LU-4 are collectively referred to as the"Ridgeline Light Use Road" (LU-4 is in essence a
continuation of LU-3). LU-3 diverges from the Ridgeline Access Road in the upper 006 Gulch
watershed and extends south along the eastern ridgeline to provide landowner access to
properties in the South Extension of the permit area. The length of each of the road segments
within the original permit area subject to SL-2 release request was travelled during the
inspection, and no problems were noted. As-Built documentation for the light use road
segments proposed as permanent roads has not yet been incorporated into the approved
permit. The light use roads will be excluded from the SL-2 approval decision unless the
required documentation is incorporated prior to proposed decision issuance.
Reclaimed (Eliminated) Roads
Former Haul Road "H" extended to the southeast from the Ridgeline Access Road intersection
for approximately 1500', and then curved more directly to the east to the eastern ridgeline"Neck
Pit" area. The length of the reclaimed "H"road corridor was walked during the inspection. The
road had been properly regraded to blend into adjacent undisturbed slopes, with minor ephemeral
drainages restored across the reclaimed corridor in appropriate locations. The regraded road
segment had been topsoiled and vegetated, and a good initial vegetation cover has become
established. The upper section of the reclaimed "H"road corridor is shown in Photo SL2-39, and
the lower of two ephemeral drainage crossings is shown in Photo SL2-39a. No problems were
noted with respect to Reclaimed Haul Road "H".
Former Haul Road "I" extended to the south from the former Haul Road"H", in the vicinity of
the"H" Road curve, approximately 1500' south of the Ridgeline Road intersection.
Approximately 500' of the reclaimed Haul Road "I" is within the original permit area, the
remainder of the road is in the South Extension Area. Photo SL2-40 was taken along the
reclaimed"I"Road looking north, from the vicinity of the boundary between the original permit
area and the South Extension Area. The road through this segment ran along a gentle slope and
had been properly graded to blend into the undisturbed areas on either side. The road had been
topsoiled and seeded and a stabilizing cover was becoming established. One concern noted along
the segment of reclaimed Haul Road "I", is that a culvert was left in place(Culvert 1-1), near the
junction of reclaimed "I" Road and reclaimed "H"Road. The culvert no longer serves any
apparent purpose, with both roads having been reclaimed. Rule 4.03.1(7) specifies that"...all
bridges and culverts shall be removed" as a component of haul road reclamation. As such, a
short segment of reclaimed Haul Road "I" that will need to be re-disturbed to remove the
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