_INSPECTION - C1981008 ‎(44)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 4/27/2010
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• 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.
General Mine Plan Compliance
• The mine shovel was excavating blasted overburden from the WFC parcel and
loading it into mine haul trucks for transport to the back side of the open pit. Two
bulldozers were in the immediate vicinity, apparently pushing material toward the
shovel (Photo 3).
Revegetation
• The Irrigate Pasture reference area is situated immediately east of topsoil stockpiles 1,
3, 4 and 5,just outside the permit boundary (Photo 2).
• A portion of the reclaimed Lloyd property (proposed Irrigated Pasture postmining
land use) was seeded with winter wheat the previous fall (Photo 4).
Prime Farmlands
• There were no active operations occurring on the Prime Farmland (Morgan property)
at the time of the aerial inspection.
• As illustrated in Photo 5, a succession of benches has been established with the
phased removal of Lift A and Lift B topsoil and Bench 1 material. Lift A and Lift B have
been stockpiled separately, as shown in the lower right-hand corner of the photo.
• A large area of Bench 1 material has been replaced and regraded immediately east
of the active pit (Photo 5).
• The topsoil stockpiles throughout the permit area, including the Lift A, Lift B and Mixed
piles on Morgan property, had been recently hydro-seeded (Photo 6).
This concludes the aerial inspection report for the New Horizon Mine.
New Horizon Mine C-1981-008 27-Apr-2010
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