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June 29, 2012 C- 1981 -033 /Bear Mine SBI <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected <br />V= Violation Issued <br />N =Not Inspected <br />NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - 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 />R= Comments Noted <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A partial inspection of the Bear Mine was conducted by Sandy Brown and Marcia Talvitie on <br />June 29, 2012. Weather was clear and warm. <br />Bear Coal Company is not renewing their coal permit, C- 1981 -033. The permit will expire on <br />July 19, 2012. DRMS will be pursuing bond forfeiture following the permit expiration. Bear <br />Colorado Discharge Permit Number C00044377 was officially terminated on June 27, 2012. <br />With the termination of the discharge permit, Bear is authorized to remove the sediment and <br />treatment ponds at the mine site. DRMS has requested that Bear remove the ponds prior to the <br />DRMS permit expiration. At the same time, DRMS has requested that Bear repair the bridge <br />crossing the North Fork of the Gunnison River. During this inspection, a number of tamarisk <br />and other noxious weeds were observed. DRMS further requests that tamarisk be removed and <br />the stumps treated and that other noxious weeds as discussed below be chemically treated. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall <br />Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials <br />4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />I talked to Bill Bear about backfilling the ponds since the NPDES permit has been <br />terminated. Mr. Bear stated that he will talk to contractors the week of July 2 to get the <br />backfilling /grading of the two ponds completed by July 19. <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 <br />Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring <br />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 />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 Page 2 of 6 <br />