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March 6, 2012 C -1982- 056 /Foidel Creek Mine JDM <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R -Roads <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />Y -Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R -Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Processing Waste <br />Y - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />All records were located at the TCC office and up to date. See attached DRMS Availability of Records. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Backfilling and grading operations have been completed at the Fish Creek Tipple site. The Fish Creek Tipple site <br />was snow covered with no activity being conducted at the time of the inspection. The site was stable with no <br />problems noted. <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, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Ponds B, C, D, E, F, G, 6NM, 18LT, 6NM sediment pond, the Fish Creek borehole ponds, the Fish Creek Tipple <br />pond and the Pit Pond were observed during the inspection. Discharge was noted at Pond D. All other ponds <br />were not discharging. All pond embankments were snow covered and stable with no problems noted with the <br />exception of the following: <br />- The sediment sump located on the northwest corner of pond B was receiving heavy run -off from the truck load <br />out access road. In order to alleviate the amount of water entering the sump, TC has breached an area on the north <br />end of pond B. Runoff water is entering pond B at the breached inlet. No discharge was noted at pond B at the <br />time of the inspection. Jerry Nettleton stated that the inlet will be cleaned up to provide additional protection from <br />erosion and a new culvert may be installed to relieve the sumps only discharge culvert into pond B. If design <br />changes to pond B are implemented or additional culverts installed, a revision to the Division is required to be <br />approved before work begins. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />