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September 26, 2011 C- 1981 - 014 /Southfield Mine JHB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />• -Air Resource Protection <br />• -Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection. Harry Ranney of CDRMS collected aerial images on September 26, 2011. Janet <br />Binns of CDRMS reviewed these images on October 7, 2011. This inspection report is a result of the review of <br />these images. The mine site appears dry. <br />The Southfield mine is a reclaimed underground mine. No mine personnel remain on site. The permit includes <br />the reclaimed portal and facilities area, a sealed and reclaimed air shaft, a reclaimed refuse disposal area and a <br />partially reclaimed load -out located approximately 12 miles off site, west of the town of Florence. The Aerial <br />images did not include images of the load out. The load out remains inactive, and storage of rail cars on the tracks <br />remains the only activity at the load out. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Both ponds at the mine site are dry. Pond 5 shows evidence of sediment having been graded recently. <br />PROCESSING WASTE /COAL MINE WASTE PILES — Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br />The Refuse Disposal Area is well vegetated and shows no evidence of bare areas or erosional problems. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03Dramage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) <br />Surfacing and Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) <br />Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />Roads appear to be dry and in good condition. Water bars are visible cut into the surface of the roadways. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />