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January 25, 2012 C -1980 -001 /Edna Strip Mine RDZ <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Yea r: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Not ed V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mi ning <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />The weather was cool, and the ground was covered with snow, well over a foot in some places. <br /> <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 />Due to the weather (below freezing), no snow melt runoff was observed during the inspection. <br /> <br />Moffat Pond was slowly discharging. There was a sulfuric smell from the discharge at the Moffat Pond. No <br />problems were observed with the embankment or other pond features. <br /> <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />The mine was found to be in general compliance with the permit. <br /> <br />The fence at the Moffat Pond remains damaged near the southwest corner. Posts have been bent and the wire s are <br />lying on the ground. <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3). Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4). Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6). Rec lamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />No problems were observed with roads or culverts. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4 .15, Rule 3: <br />The site appeared to be in good condition as no gullies or other problems were observed. The north end of the site <br />was observed closely and the rest of the site was observed from afar.