_INSPECTION - C1982057 ‎(8)‎

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Roy Karo
• Inspection Date: 11/7/2012
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

November 7, 2012 C-1982-057/Seneca II-W Mine BFB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
N -Air Resource Protection R -Roads
N -Availability of Records N -Reclamation Success
R -Backfill &Grading R -Revegetation
N -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence
N -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage
R -Fish&Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers
N -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site
N - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining
N -Processing Waste N -Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a partial inspection of the Seneca II-W Mine conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado Division of
Reclamation Mining and Safety on November 7, 2012. Dennis Bugay was contacted before the inspection but did
not attend the inspection. The weather was clear and mild. The ground conditions were dry.
BACKFILL and GRADING—Rule 4.1411 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1;Approximate Original Contour
4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 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 Gullies 4.14.6:
The bottom of the hillside north of Pond 016 was covered with red rock(photo 1).
FISH and WILDLIFE—Rule 4.18:
A large porcupine was sleeping in an oak tree near culvert PM-1 (photo 2).
HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05❑ Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5,
4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water
Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage—Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;
Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18:
The ditch along Road G(North entrance road)was being lined with rock. Rock was staged along the road
in piles. An excavator was cleaning the ditch and installing the rock(photo 3).
Pond 005 contained water but was not discharging. The berm was well vegetated and appeared to be stable. Pond
T-20 was dry.
The inlet side of culvert PM-I I was recently cleaned(photo 4). Culvert PM-10 was also clean.
Pond T-26 contained water and was not discharging. Drainage ditches and contour ditches were installed and
maintained around pond T-26. The drainage ditches were rock lined with larger rocks stacked at intervals to
create check dams. The contour ditches drained into the drainage ditches and were not rock lined(photo 5). The
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2
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