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January 30, 2012 C -1982 -057 /Seneca II -W Mine SLB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 10 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Ins pected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />NA - 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 Balanc e <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities No t On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <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 D RMS. 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 act ivity , 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 /> <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 excav ated 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 w ould be routed, either through temporary channels or the portions <br />of the channels that have been completed, to Pond 016. <br /> <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />