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March 27, 2014 C- 1981 - 028 /Keenesburg Strip Mine JLE <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 />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />Y -Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Keenesburg Strip Mine; permit no. C- 1981 -028 operated by Coors Energy <br />Company (CEC). I, Jared Ebert of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) <br />conducted the inspection. Mr. Danny Kipp with CEC accompanied me during the inspection. The weather was <br />clear and warm at the time of the inspection. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14; Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour <br />4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials <br />4.143; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The long term spoil pile excavation is graded and stable. <br />Parcel 33 has been graded and was disked last year. This area is stable and prepared for topsoil placement. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />Two great horned owls were observed at the site. A nest is located on the north east side of topsoil stockpile A -3 <br />in a cottonwood tree. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05; Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.053; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 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 />The Dugout Pond was dry and the pond slopes were stable and vegetated. The inlets and outlets were rip- rapped <br />and stable. <br />The Sediment Pond No. 2 was dry and the pond slopes were stable and vegetated. The inlets were rip- rapped and <br />stable the concrete spillway was clear and functional. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />