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February 18, 2014 C- 1981 - 013 /Golden Eagle Mine LDS <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />NA -Air Resource Protection <br />N -Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />Y - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of Colorado Division for Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety, (the Division). No representative of New Elk Coal Company (NECC) was present. The weather was fine. <br />One permitting action is in progress and another has been recently approved, these are detailed under the heading <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.053; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Erosion control bales were in place at the northern edge of the site. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />The decision to approve TR57 was made on February 6, 2014, and was finalised following no public <br />comments on February 21, 2014. <br />An application for Permit Renewal (RN6) was received on December 19, 2013. The Division found the <br />application complete on December 23, 2013. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />