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November 23, 2011 C -1982 -056 /Foidel Creek Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspec ted R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Complian ce With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />Y - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <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; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />M onitoring 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 />Ponds B, C, D, E, F, G, 18LT, the Fish Creek borehole ponds, and the Pit Pond were observed during the <br />inspection. All pond embankments were snow covered a nd stable with no problems noted. All ponds were <br />holding water at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />Ditches throughout the mine site were snow covered with evidence of damage or erosion noted in the ph otographs. <br />No problems were noted with th e exception of the following: <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />One coal train was observed in the aerial photographs. The Longwall was mining in panel 17LT at the time of the <br />on the ground November inspection. N OV2011005 associated with General Mine Plan Compliance has been <br />te rminated. <br /> <br />OTHER (SPECIFY): <br />This was an aerial inspection flown by Harry Ranney of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Oblique aerial photographs were ta ken on November 23, 2011 and reviewed in the office by Jason <br />Musick of the Division on November 27, 2011. The site was snow covered and the weather was clear at the time <br />of the inspection. <br /> <br />SU PPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br />The on -site support facilities were stable with no problems noted. Construction activities associated with the <br />15LT borehole was observed in the photographs with no problems noted. <br />