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November 23, 2011 C -1982 -057 /Seneca I I -W Mine SLB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 9 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments N oted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />NA - 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 />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Pl an <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - 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 />This was a partial inspection of the Seneca IIW Mine based on aerial photographs of the site taken by Harry <br />Ranney of CRDMS and reviewed by Susan Burgmaier of CDRMS. The north and south mining areas were <br />photographed. The site was covered with snow, and no activities were apparent in the photos. The Mine Entrance <br />Haul Road and Roads A and J were clear to Pond 016, all other roads were snow covered. It appeared that a <br />veh icle had recently travelled Haul Road s G and K , as there were tracks in the snow . <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 />Monitoring 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 006, 016, and 017 and Stock Tanks T5, T18, T20, T26, and T27 all held water. Ponds 006, 016, <br />and 017 app eared to be discharging. The spoil spring at the base of PM2, draining to Pond 016 was flowing. <br /> <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br /> Repair of the Pond 016A slide area appears to be shut down for the season, based on the snow cover. The <br />excavation of the n orth slope above the former Pond 016A embankment was not yet complete It appeared that the <br />lower segment of PM2 was constructed to through culvert K -1 and down to Pond 016. Pond 016A had been <br />partially filled and regraded; there will be more excavated ma terial from the north slope that will bring the area to <br />final grade. The regraded slides in the vicinity of Pond 006 and the oil well road all appeared to be stable, with no <br />slumps or cracks apparent. It looked like two trench drains had been excavated a long the Pit Ramp slide, but it <br />was not apparent whether the drains were in their final configuration. <br /> <br /> <br />