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September 27, 2010 C-1981-015/Fruita No 1 & 2 DTM <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />NA - Air Resource Protection R -Roads <br />R - Availability of Records R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading R - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Fish & Wildlife NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance R -Signs and Markers <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />R - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste Y -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />INTRODUCTION/GENERAL OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a complete quarterly inspection of the reclaimed Fruita mine permit revocation site, conducted by Dan <br />Mathews of the DRMS Grand Junction Field Office. Weather was clear and warm. Remedial grading and <br />channel stabilization work performed by the Division's Inactive Mine Program (IMP) in the spring and fall of <br />2009 has held up well over the summer. Site conditions were largely unchanged from those described in the June <br />2010 inspection report. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS - Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />This is a bond forfeiture permit revocation site. Applicable records are available on the DRMS laserfiche filing <br />system. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING - Rule 4.14 <br />E Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination <br />4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and <br />Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Conditions were largely as described in the June 2010 inspection report. The portal backfill areas were stable, <br />including the portion of the #1 backfill that was re-excavated, sealed, graded, and armored as a part of the 2009 <br />IMP project. Storm flow subsequent to the June inspection had loosened a 4' by 3' boulder from the slopes above <br />the #1 portal area, and deposited it on the portal backfill, east of the "rock apron"; no damage resulted. Permanent <br />drainage channels on site appear to be stable and storm flows over the summer did not cause excessive erosion. <br />Along the steep riprap channel down the #1 Mine outslope, flows over the years have resulted in a stair- <br />step/plunge pool configuration through the middle section of the channel, but the channel remains intact and <br />functional. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 7