Laserfiche WebLink
January 30, 2012 C-1982-057/Seneca 11-W Mine SLB <br /> Inspection Topic Summary <br /> NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br /> NA -Air Resource Protection N -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records N -Reclamation Success <br /> N -Backfill &Grading N -Revegetation <br /> NA -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste NA - Subsidence <br /> NA -Explosives R - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish &Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> N -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> NA -Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> NA -Processing Waste N -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> This was a partial inspection of the Seneca IIW Mine based on aerial photographs of the site taken by Harry <br /> Ranney of DRMS and reviewed by Susan Burgmaier, also of DRMS. The north and south mining areas were <br /> photographed. The site was covered with a thin layer of snow; the brome clumps were still visible. There were no <br /> signs of any reclamation or maintenance activity,but there had been vehicular traffic around the facilities area and <br /> near the Pit Ramp slide area. <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 /> Pond 005 held water and the surface was frozen over,but it did appear to be discharging. Ponds 006 and <br /> 016 and Stock Tanks T5, T18, and T20 all held water and were frozen over. <br /> SLIDES and DAMAGE-Rule 4.12: <br /> The Pit Ramp slide was covered in snow,but the scarp looked stable and it appeared that two toe drains <br /> had been excavated through the slide material. The Pond 016/Pond 016A slide remediation area was covered in <br /> snow. It did not appear as if the operator had been able to do any more earthwork since the area was photographed <br /> in November 2011. It appeared that drainage would be routed, either through temporary channels or the portions <br /> of the channels that have been completed,to Pond 016. <br /> DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br /> OTHER(SPECIFY) <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 10 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br />