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September 26, 2011 C -1994 -082 /Y oast Mine SLB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspe cted N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted 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 Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - 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 Yoast Mine based on aerial photographs of the site taken by Harry Ranney of <br />DRMS and reviewed by Susan Burgmaier of DRMS. <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 To xic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> Ponds 011, 011A, 012, 012A, 013, and 014 all held water. Stock Tank ST -1 was dry. Both underdrains <br />into Pond 012, through the Pond 012 slide area, were flowing. The draina ges (YPM -9 and YPM -13) above Pond <br />011A were being repaired. Repairs were still needed in the two drainages (YPM5 -1 and YPM -7) into Pond 012A. <br />There was a large sediment delta in Pond 012A from the YPM -7 drainage. <br /> <br />REVEGETATION – Rule 4.15 Vegetative Cov er; Timing: <br /> Shrub transplanting was underway on the 2003 -1 plot that was regraded to control weeds . Sheep were <br />grazing above Pond 014. <br /> <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br /> There did not appear to be any recent sloughing on the Pond 012 slide repair area. The Pond 013 slide had <br />been regraded and also appeared to be stable. <br /> <br /> <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />No enforcement actions were taken as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending.