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August 17, 2011 <br />C- 1981- 044/Williams Fork Mines JRS <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />- The Mine No. 5 dewatering pump was operating at the time of the inspection. The water was being pumped into <br />pond 5P -6 and flowing into ponds 5P -7 and 5P -5. The water was discharging from Pond 5P -7 into the Williams <br />Fork River at a rate of approximately 400 GPM. The discharge was clear. The pond embankments for these <br />discharge ponds were well vegetated and stable at the time of the inspection. There is still the large burrow in the <br />north side of the pond 5P -7 embankment that must be repaired. <br />- Pond 5A -P1 was dry. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable at the time of the inspection and no <br />erosional problems were noted. <br />- Spoil spring SP -01 was flowing at a rate of approximately 1 -2 GPM at the time of the inspection. The area <br />around the spoil spring is full of cattails, which help remove any iron that may be in the water. The spring usually <br />dries up by the beginning of July but this has been a wet year so it is still flowing. <br />OTHER: <br />- A company was on the Williams Fork Mine property running seismic lines for a seismic study not related to the <br />mine They did not appear to be causing any disturbance on the mine site. <br />- The rail bridge that has had a problem with erosion on the north edge of the mine has not yet been repaired. <br />According to Brian Watterson, Moffat County Mining is still planning on adding some riprap to this area to <br />protect the bridge before the winter. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />- The haul road was stable and well maintained at the time of the inspection. There is, however, still the small <br />gully that runs off of the haul road on the east side of the mine. The area is approximately one third of the <br />way across the small bridge going towards the Mine No. 5A portals. There is also a small rill going off of <br />the road a bit farther south across the bridge. Moffat County Mining must fix this gully and any other <br />erosional problems on this road by the end of the summer. <br />- The mine entrance road, on the east side of the mine off of Colorado Highway 13, was well maintained and <br />stable at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems were noted. <br />- There is a network of light -use roads around the east side of the mine. All of these roads were stable and well <br />maintained at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems were noted at the time of the inspection. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />- One of the main focuses of this inspection was to assess the weed spraying and the weed problem at the Williams <br />Fork Mine. While there is still a fair amount of Russian Knapweed, some thistle (mainly Scotch thistle) and some <br />hound's tongue, Moffat County Mining has done a pretty good job of spraying and knocking back the weeds in the <br />last year. There are still several areas of concern that need to be addressed. These areas include a small patch on <br />the reclaimed No. 4 Mine portal, in the AVF area south of the coal stockpile and west of the railroad tracks, along <br />both sides of the haul road by the facilities area, in the field by the SH -P2 pond and on the outslopes of the berm at <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />