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December 27, 2011 C- 1981- 041/Roadside Portals MPB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N -Processing Waste <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on December 27, 2011 by Mike Boulay of <br />the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. There was no operator <br />representative present during the inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cold. The entire mine site was <br />snow covered at the time of the inspection and access was limited to facilities along Coal Creek and at the South <br />Portals area. <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; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Site sedimentation ponds including 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 were inspected. All of these sediment ponds were not <br />retaining water but were entirely snow covered. All pond embankments, inlets and discharge structures were <br />stable and no problems were noted at any of the sediment pond locations. <br />Coal Creek was snow covered. CRDA waste disposal sites were stable, diversions and perimeter ditches appeared <br />functional. The RSRDA waste disposal site at the South Portal is well maintained and stable. No problems were <br />noted at any of the mine site locations and support facility areas during this inspection. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />