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September 26, 2011 C -1980 -005 /Seneca II Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =No t Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Was te <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />HY DROLOGIC 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 />4.05.1 3; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Pond 008 appeared to be holding water at the time of the inspection. Pond 008 embankments appeared stable and <br />well vegetated with no problems noted. Established ditches #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, SIIPM -8, SIIPM -13 and SIIPM - <br />13A were stable with no evidence of major damage or problems noted, with the exception of the following: <br />- SIIPM -8 was damaged due to substantial storm events in August 2011. The establi shed ditch will require <br />extensive repair in order to meet the approved design. The storm events were greater than the designed 10yr -24hr <br />storm. As of the date of these photos repair work has not been conducted. <br /> <br />OTHER (SPECIFY): <br />This was an aerial inspec tion flown by Harry Ranney of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Oblique aerial photographs were taken on September 26, 2011 and reviewed in the Denver office by <br />Jason Musick of the Division on October 5, 2011. The site w as clear and appeared dry with no active mining <br />activities being conducted at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br />Co nstruction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3)Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4)Surfacing and Maintenance4.03.1(5) and <br />(6)/4.03.2(5) and (6)Rec lamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The South Road, Road C and South Road B appeared stable at the time of the inspection. No damage or <br />identifiable problems were noted. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />The Seneca II site appears stable with no identifiable erosion or movement throughout the mine site with the <br />exception of the damage to SIIPM -8 noted in the Hydrologic Balance section. The site displays what appears to <br />be good vegetation cover throughout, with only smaller areas of sparse vegetation at the no rth end of the site.