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December 20, 2011 C -1980 -00 1 /Edna Strip Mine RDZ <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 9 <br /> <br /> <br /> <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 />Y - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />Y - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Pl an <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - 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 O f Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />The weather was cloudy and cold, and the ground was mostly covered with snow. <br /> <br />Tire tracks were observed on many of the road s. It is not known if access to the site was for water sampling, hunting, or other reasons. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures <br />4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.0 5.13; 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 /> <br />Due to the cold weather (well below freezing), no snow melt runoff was observed during the inspection. <br /> <br />The Moff at Ditch (which flows into the northeast side of Moffat Pond) and downdrains 1, 2, and 4 were inspected. No problems were <br />observed. <br /> <br />Three ponds were inspected: Moffat Pond, Center Ridge Pond, and West Ridge Pond. Moffat Pond and Center Ridge Pond were s lowly <br />discharging. The water flowing from both ponds is clear. There was a sulfuric smell from the discharge at the Moffat Pond. The primary <br />spillway for West Ridge Pond contains ice, but there is no flowing water. No problems were observed with any of the embankments or <br />other pond features. <br /> <br />No problems were identified with the terraces and check dams in the West Ridge area. <br /> <br /> <br />