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February 4, 2014 C- 1996- 083 /Bowie No. 2 Mine MLT <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Bowie No. 2 Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the CDRMS on <br />the morning of Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Bill Bear was available to represent the operator, Bowie <br />Resources, LLC, throughout the inspection. <br />The North Fork area received fresh snow during recent weeks, and it was snowing lightly at the time of <br />this inspection. The temperature was in the high 20's. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />• A pair of Bald eagles was sighted just south of Bowie Road, to the west of Hubbard Creek. <br />• Fresh deer tracks were seen in the snow, and we noted that the western end of Pond H appears to be a <br />popular path for the deer as they access the river below. <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 <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream <br />Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />We visited Ponds B, C, D, F, H and J. All of the ponds were snow - covered. Ice was visible in Ponds <br />C and F, where the snow had been blown away from the surface. The remaining ponds appeared to <br />be dry beneath the snow. <br />• Mr. Bear said that only Pond B discharged in January. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />• The longwall is currently producing from panel B -14. Development work is occurring in panels B -16 <br />and B -17, and has been completed in panel B -15. <br />PROCESSING WASTE /COAL MINE WASTE PILES — Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br />• Coal Mine Waste Disposal Areas 1, 2, and 4 are currently inactive. The road leading to these <br />facilities had not been cleared. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 11 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 7 <br />