2011-10-21_INSPECTION - X201123102 (2)

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October 4, 2011 X -2011 -231 -02 /Peabody Sage Creek 2011 Exploratio n Project SLB Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 Page 2 of 4 Inspection Topic Summary NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable N - Air Resource Protection R - Backfill & Grading N - Fish & Wildlife R - Hydrologic Balance N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Other N - Roads N - Reclamation Success R - Revegetation NA - Slides and Other Damage R - Signs and Markers R - Topsoil COMMENTS This was a partial inspection of the Peabody Sage Creek Mining Company’s 2011 exploration drilling sites, limited to the three h oles located along the Yoast Mine Haul Road A corridor (Hole IDs CCU072, CCU073, and CCU074). No representative of Peabody Sage Creek was present during the inspection. Drilling operations at these holes w ere observed by this inspector on July 18 and 19 , 2011. B ACKFILL and GRADING – Rules 2.02(g) and 4.21.4(4): The CCU072, CCU073, and CCU074 drill pads and associated pits had been regraded to blend with the surrounding topography. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rules 2.02(f), 4.21.4(7), and 4.21.4(10): Straw wattles were in place on the downgradient sides of the drill pads . REVEGETATION – Rules 2.02(g) and 4.21.4(6): Each of the three sites appeared to have been seeded; grasses were germinating at each site. SIGNS AND MARKERS – Rules 4.21.1 and 4.02: Ground level brass cap type hole markers with the company name, hole number, and year drilled were in place along with a 4’ fence post type marker at all three inspected sites. TOPSOIL – Rules 2.02(f) and 4.21.4(5): Topsoil had been red istributed at each site.