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March 21, 2012 C- 1981 - 018 /Deserado Mine ZTT <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />R - Availability of Records R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading Y - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Fish & Wildlife Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance R - Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Processing Waste R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION — Rule 4.17: <br />No signs of fugitive dust were observed during the time of the inspection. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />All compliance records are located at Deserado Mine. Please see the Division's Availability of Records form at the <br />end of this inspection report for more details. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />Bird nests were found around the Raw Water Lagoon area on top of the perch sections of the power line poles. A <br />possible bird nest was also found on top of the southern building of the Raw Water Lagoon. <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 />Sedimentation Pond DP -1 held water at the time of the inspection and was not discharging. The emergency <br />spillway was clear of debris and was well stabilized with rip rap. The primary spillway discharge point is located <br />just beside the Scullion Gulch discharge point and is submerged beneath the ponding water in the area. A physical <br />inspection of the primary spillway discharge point was done to ensure it was clear. Rip rap lined the ditches <br />leading from the facility area to the pond and was clear and stable. <br />Sedimentation Pond SS -1 held water with no discharge. Embankments were vegetated and stable with no signs of <br />erosion. The inlet of the culvert that feeds pond SS -1 appears to have a check dam in place to help control the <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />