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October 26, 2011 C- 1991- 078/Hamilton Mine MLT <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected <br />V= Violation Issued <br />N =Not Inspected <br />NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R= Comments Noted <br />R -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a Complete Inspection of the Hamilton Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie and Sandy <br />Brown of the DRMS. The permit records were inspected on the afternoon of Wednesday, <br />October 26, 2011. Due to rainy weather and wet ground conditions, we waited to conduct the <br />field inspection until the following afternoon. <br />Following the field inspection, we returned to the landfill office to report our sighting of a pickup <br />truck and hunter within the permit area. There, we spoke with Dave Andrews, the landowner. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />• Permit Records were available for review at the nearby office of the Broad Canyon Landfill. <br />A completed DRMS Availability of Records Form is attached to this report. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />• No deer were observed during the inspection, but as we were driving to Mining Area No. 3, <br />we encountered a hunter, on -foot, who was dressed in blaze orange and camouflage. <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 <br />4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br />4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />• We were unable to inspect Pond B; a pickup truck with New Mexico plates was parked on <br />the access road between Ponds A (now reclaimed) and B, effectively blocking vehicular <br />access to Pond B. Due to the potential safety hazard (e.g. active hunting in the area), it did <br />not seem advisable to leave the safety of our vehicle on foot to inspect the pond. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 5 <br />