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December 12 -15 , 2011 C -1981 -008 /New Horizon Mine MLT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted <br /> V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />Y - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection of the New Horizon Mine that was conducted between December <br />12 and 15, 2011. Marcia Talvitie of the Division was present on all four days, and was joined by <br />Jared Ebert of the Divis i on’s Denver office on the 14th and 15th. The purpose of this inspec ti on <br />was two -fold: to conduct a routine inspection of the mine and permit area, and to observe <br />completion of the soil sampling plan approved under TR -61. <br /> <br />TR -61 Soil/Overburden Sampling and Analysis Plan - Morgan Property <br /> Sampling of the “Undisturbed Native Soils” on the Morgan property was accomplished <br />previously, on November 22, 2011. <br /> The remainder of the sampling, of the “Substitute Subsoil Redistribution Area” and <br />“Stockpiled Soils Resource”, began on Monday, December 12 and was completed on <br />Wednesday, December 14. Weather conditions were highly variable, alternating between <br />wet, sunny, and snowy. Temperatures were generally cold. <br /> The sampling operation was c onducted by representatives of Key Agricultural Services, Inc. <br />(Key -Ag): Aaron DeJoia, MS; Tad Wesley, MS; and Andrew Harley, PhD. For the <br />GeoProbe ® drill rig, Key -Ag contracted with ACI. The rig was operated by a two -man <br />crew. Each of these five indiv iduals was present throughout the duration of the project. <br /> Two representatives of the OSM were on -site to observe the sampling: Amy McGregor and <br />Christine Belka. On December 12, until 2:00 p.m., Robert Rayer and Charles Peacock from <br />the Grand Junction of fice of the NRCS were able to participate. <br /> Michael Morgan was present throughout all three days of sampling. JoEllen Turner was able <br />to be present only during the morning of December 12, for excavation of the Subsoil <br />Substitute test pits and a portion of the Lift A stockpile Geoprobe® sampling. <br /> Western Fuels was represented by Ross Gubka for the duration of the project. The <br />excavator, which was utilized intermittently, was operated by an employee of Western Fuels. <br /> A summary of the materials sampled, by da te, is provided here: