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July 25,2012 C-1981-008/New Horizon Mine MLT <br /> Inspection Topic Summary <br /> NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted <br /> V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br /> N -Air Resource Protection Y - Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records N - Reclamation Success <br /> R -Backfill& Grading R - Revegetation <br /> NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence <br /> N - Explosives NA - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N - Fish & Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> R - Other R - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> NA - Processing Waste R - Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> An Aerial Inspection of the New Horizon Mine was conducted by the Division a few minutes <br /> before noon on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Photographs were taken by Harry Ranney, and <br /> reviewed for this report by Marcia Talvitie. <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 /> • Areas behind the open pits on both the Morgan and Western Fuels properties continue to <br /> be backfilled with Bench 2 and Bench 1 spoil. <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 <br /> 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br /> Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage—Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br /> 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> • Ponds 007, 008, 011, 013 and 015 are identified in the various photos. <br /> GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br /> • All of the mining equipment appears to have been idle at the time of the inspection, with <br /> the exception of a front-end loader positioned to load coal into an over-the-road haul <br /> truck for delivery to the power plant in Nucla. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 Page 2 of 9 <br />