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June 20, 2012 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines ZTT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />RN <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />RR <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NN <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />NN <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />NN <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RR <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />RN <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NN <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NR <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The records were brought to the site in several binders by Jerry Nettleton. The records are kept at the Twenty Mile <br />inspection report for more detailed information. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING Rule 4.14 <br /> Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination <br />4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and <br />Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The backfilled and regraded Mine No. 4 portal area remained stable and well vegetated at the time of the <br />inspection. There was no evidence of slumping, settling or cracking in the backfill. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br /> Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Drainage Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18 <br />The Mine No. 5 dewatering pump was not operating at the time of the inspection. Ponds 5-P5, 5-P6 and 5-P7 all <br />held water but was not discharging due to the Mine No. 5 dewatering pump not operating. All embankments of <br />Ponds 5-P5, 5-P6 and 5-P7 were stable and well vegetated. Rodent holes continue to be an issue along the Pond 5- <br />P5 embankments and will need to be filled. <br /> <br /> <br />Ponds 5-P1, 5-P2, HR-P1a, HR-P1b, SH-P2, 9-P1, 9-P6, 9-P5, 9-P2, 9-P3, and 5A-P1 were dry at the time of <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> <br />26 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />