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January 10, 2012 C -1996 -084 /Lorencito Canyon Mine JHB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <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 Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance Wit h Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Cat egories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The inspector stopped by the NECC office in <br />Trinidad to let NECC know that the inspector would be on the mine site. NECC staff contacted Bobby S teele to <br />meet the inspector on site. Mr. Steele met the inspector at the main gate at the Lorencito Mine site. The weather <br />was mild and dry with occasional patches of old snow remaining on the mine site. <br /> <br />The mine is a reclaimed surface mine with no pers onnel remaining on the site. The remaining structures include <br />permanent excess spoil fills, sediment ponds, culverts, ditches, access roads, and some fencing. There are oil & <br />gas facilities adjacent to the permit. Access by oil & gas personnel across th e Lorencito permit is on - going. <br />F ISH and WILDLIFE – Rule 4.18: <br />Although no wildlife was observed on the mine site during the inspection, numerous elk tracks were noted <br />crossing through the property. G rass root crowns were greening up due to recent moist ure. Heavy browsing of <br />grasses within the mine property was observed, outside of the fenced enclosure. <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; D iversions 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 /> Perimeter ditches on both the north side o f the disturbed area and south side of the disturbed area are well <br />defined and in good condition. <br /> <br />Pond 9A had thin patches of snow in the shaded areas but is not holding any water or frozen pool. <br /> <br />Pond 7 had thin patches of snow in the shaded areas but is not holding any water or frozen pool. <br />