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November 23, 2011 C -1994 -082 /Yoast Mine SLB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <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 Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />NA - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Ba lance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <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 />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Faciliti es Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a pa rtial inspection of the Yoast Mine based on aerial photog raphs of the site taken by Harry Ranney of <br />DRMS and reviewed by Susan Burgmaier of DRMS. The south pit, north pit, and neck pit areas were all <br />photographed. The site was covered in snow, with the exception of the south facing slope of Pond 012. There <br />were no signs of recent activity on site , and it did not look as though there had been any vehicular traffic on the <br />snow covered roads. <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 Li mits 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 011A, 012, 012A, 013, and 014 all held water. Pond 012 appeared to be discharging; it was not <br />apparent whether any of the other ponds were discharging. <br /> <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br /> The Pond 012 slide appeared to be stable. The north slope had wet areas, but it did not appear to have <br />sloughed or slumped anywhere along the newly regraded slope. The Pond 013 slide also appeared stable, with no <br />evidence of recent sloughing. The neck pit slide area also looked stable. Neither the Pond 013 or Neck Pit slides <br />were discharging water or seeping. <br /> <br /> <br />