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October 6, 2010 C-1981-042/Arness McGriffin Mine TAK <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 NA -Roads <br />NA - Availability of Records R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />NA - Hydrologic Balance NA - Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Arness-McGriffin site, conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. <br />No one else was present. <br />The permit for this mine was revoked more than 10 years ago. DRMS's IML program had reclamation <br />work done on the site in April 1990. DRMS reduced annual inspection frequency for this site to one <br />complete inspection and three partial inspections in 2007. <br />The disturbed area consists of a portal face-up area for an underground mine that was eventually was not <br />developed. A two-track dirt road crosses the site that leads to a state wildlife area. The Division of <br />Wildlife and others maintain the road. <br />The Division has issued a proposed decision to terminate its regulatory jurisdiction over the Arness- <br />McGriffin site and the public comment period has not yet expired. The Division conducted a surety <br />release/termination of jurisdiction inspection in May 2010. <br />The site was dry during this inspection. No changes were found on the site, compared to the previous <br />DRMS inspection a few weeks earlier. No problems were found on the site. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />As observed during this inspection and previous inspections, the following characteristics of the Arness-McGriffin <br />site support a finding to approve final surety release and termination of DRMS jurisdiction: topography that <br />blends with the surrounding topography, positive site drainage, vegetation that locally provides long-term <br />erosional stability and that supports a postmining land use of wildlife habitat. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 4