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June 9,2011 C-1981-018/Deserado Mine JRS ROADS(cont.) -The access road along the conveyor corridor was well maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. All of the roadside ditches were clean. BME did some work to the ditches approximately 100 yards north of where the B-Seam dewatering system is going in. This work allowed for better flow of water off of the haul road/out of the ditches and allowed any sediment in the water to settle out sooner. -The access road to the underground diesel storage area and Rock Dust Tank 3/Nitrogen injection system was stable and well maintained. The portion of the road to the underground diesel storage area is a gravel road. -The road spur to the slot storage area was well maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. -The access road to the water tank bench and WMVS was well maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. SUPPORT FACILITIES -Rule 4.04: -The underground diesel storage tank pad area was well maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. There is a concrete containment wall around the tanks. This area is an SAE and there did not appear to be any problems with the flow of water off of the pad. -The water tank bench was stable at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems noted on the bench or its outslopes. -The rock dust tank 3/Nitrogen injection pad area was well maintained and stable. No erosional problems were noted. This pad area is an SAE and there were no problems with water flowing off of the pad noted. -The slot storage area and bench were stable at the time of the inspection. The outslopes of the slot storage bench were well vegetated and appeared to be stable. No erosional problems were noted on the slopes of the bench. -The Halandras landfill area was stable at the time of the inspection. Currently there are two cuts open for mine- waste disposal. Neither of the slots is close to being filled up at this time. -The loadout structure was stable at the time of the inspection. The loadout structure is the only part of the loadout that is in the current Deserado permit. The loadout area bench,rail loop and other structures were removed as a result of PR-04. BME was loading a train during the inspection. There did not appear to be any co- mingling of mine and loadout equipment at the loadout area. TOPSOIL—Rule 4.06 Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4.06.3; Redistribution 4.06.4: -Subsoil Pile RP-4 was well vegetated and stable at the time of the inspection. There was a fair amount of cheatgrass on the pile but most of it was interspersed with perennial grasses. The perennial grasses included western wheatgrass and intermediate wheatgrass. There was also some fourwing saltbush on the pile that appeared to be dying off. Overall,the vegetation on this subsoil pile seemed to be competing well with the cheatgrass. The subsoil material will be reverse-sequenced and used as topsoil for the reclamation of the refuse piles. There was a subsoil sign in place on the pile. -Subsoil Pile RP-5a had good germination on the reseeded top of the pile, where material had been taken to build up the MSHA berms along the haul road last year. There was some cheatgrass growing on the top portion of the pile as well. There was a sinkhole on the north outslope of the subsoil pile that was approximately four feet in diameter and approximately 10 feet deep. This sinkhole will need to be repaired. There was a subsoil pile sign in place on the pile. Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 Page 4 of 7