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September 12, 2011 X -2007 -223 -08 /Oxbow 2007 NOI - Elk Creek Mine KAG <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 2.02(g) and 4.21.2(2): <br /> <br /> <br />This was a bond release inspection for coal exploration activities conducted under a Notice of <br />Intent (NOI) for exploration of coal involving the removal of 250 tons or less. Jim Kiger, <br />Environmental Manager at Oxbow Coal Company, was present during the inspection. All <br />reclaim ed roads and drill sites included in this Notice of Intent (NOI) are located south of the <br />mine facility area in rugged terrain on lands owned by Oxbow Coal Company, BLM, US Forest <br />Service, and private interests. A sampling of reclaimed roads and drill sit es were observed by <br />pedestrian survey as well as viewed for a distance on an opportunistic basis. In many cases, <br />reclaimed exploration roads and sites are comingled with methane degas disturbances covered <br />by the Oxbow mining permit and bond. For specific details, please refer to the NOI Final <br />Reclamation Report. <br /> <br />All of the sites covered under this <br />NOI, with one exception, are located <br />in very steep terrain east of <br />Hubbard Creek in Section 12. Sites <br />ECM -2007 -62 and 63 , located on a <br />stee p, brush covered slope , were <br />viewed from a distance . The sites <br />appeared vegetated similar to other <br />sites visited and nothing unusual <br />was noted. On the afternoon of the <br />second day, we traversed a section <br />of reclaimed road on the Bear Creek <br />side of Section 12 that was used to <br />access s ites ECM -2007 -64 and 65. <br />The road reclamation was found <br />well vegetated and in excellent <br />condition (shown right).