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May 9, 2012 C- 1981 - 033 /Bear Mine BFB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION — Rule 4.17: <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />There was no observed problem with fugitive dust coming off the site or disturbed areas. <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 Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The hillside spring continues to flow into the constructed collection ditch and then to the treatment pond. <br />The treatment pond was discharging to the NPDES discharge point and the water was the usual orange color. <br />The sediment pond had some water in the lower south end of the pond. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The access road to the mine site was clear of debris. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />Many thistle plants were seen over the entire site and need to be treated. A particularly large patch of <br />thistle was noted where the office building once stood (photo 1). <br />Several patched of whitetop were noted on the main bench area (photo 2). These patches need to be treated soon <br />as the plant was flowering at the time of this inspection. <br />Several tamarisk trees were growing around the hillside seep area (photo 3). <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />