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November 15, 2011 C -1981 -010 /Trapper Mine RDZ <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspe ctions this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 18 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspect ed R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />Y - 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 />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This complete coal inspection was conducted on November 15 - 17, 2011 by Rob Zuber, Jared Ebert, and Zach <br />Trujillo of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division). The purpose of the in spection <br />was to evaluate the on -the -ground condition with respect to Trapper Mine’s mining and environmental protection <br />activities. Graham Roberts, Forrest Luke, and Billy Nicholson of TMI accompanied the inspection in the field. <br /> <br />The weather was cool and clear. The ground was partially snow covered on all three days. Mud was present in <br />the afternoons due to relatively warm temperatures. <br /> <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> Roads and other activities were not a source of significant fugitive dust during the inspection. Water <br />trucks were being used during the inspection. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The records were in compliance. See check list for details. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 <br /> Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination <br />4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and <br />Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> At the Ash Pit, significant backfilling and grading have occurred in recent weeks. <br /> <br />The F Pit was actively being backfilled with spoil material. <br /> <br />