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September 7, 2011 C -1981 -014 /Southfield Mine JHB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Com ments 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 />Y - Gen. Compliance With M ine Plan <br />R - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />Y - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categorie s Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The Mine is in permanent cessation and no <br />Energy Fuels personnel remai n on the mine site. The weather was cloudy, and there was evidence of recent rains <br />in the area. The ground was damp and signs of recent runoff flow was apparent along the roadway and in the <br />collection ditches <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; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; <br />Pond 5 was damp but held no standing water. The western culvert outlet was full of sediment.(Photo1) Runoff <br />from re cent rainstorms appears to have made it into the pond through the remaining 1 inch opening at the top of <br />the culvert. Sediment was n o t backed up into the inlet of the culvert. The grade on this culvert is adequate to keep <br />sediment from settling in the mid dle of the culvert. Energy Fuels needs to clean this culvert to assure proper <br />function of the culvert and ditch. The eastern culvert into the pond is open both at the inlet end and the outlet. <br />Runoff from the ditch is able to enter the pond through the eastern culvert. Sediment in the bottom of the ditch <br />illustrated that recent h eavy flows had moved through the ditch and into the pond recently. Adequate storage <br />capacity remains in the pond. Sediment was well below the bottom of the discharge riser. There was no visible <br />marker to show sediment clean out elevation. <br /> <br />Pond 4 was da mp with no standing water, very little sediment in the bottom of the pond and no observed <br />problems. <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES – Rul e 4.10 and 4.11 :Drainage Control; Surf ace <br />St abilization; Placement: <br /> <br />The refuse disposal area continues to have a good cover of live vegetative plants, dominated by a mixture of warm <br />and cool season grasses. No gullies were apparent on the reclaimed slop es. Four -wing salt bush have become well