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September 9, 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 />N - 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 of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, <br />(the Division). No representative of New Elk Coal Company (NECC) was present. The weather was fine. <br />Permitting actions in progress are detailed under the heading GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE. For a <br />more complete description of the state of New Elk Coal Company refer to the inspection report for the New Elk <br />mine. <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, 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 />The two rows of straw bales that had been placed on the northern edge of the mine site had been cleaned <br />of sediment and a third row had been added. There was no sign of any work on the neighboring property to alter <br />the flow of the water causing the erosion. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />An application for Permit Renewal (RN6) was received on December 19, 2013. The Division found the <br />application complete on December 23, 2013. An initial adequacy review was sent to NECC on February 21, 2014. <br />The response from NECC was received by the Division on April 21, 2014. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />The Annual Reclamation Report for 2013 is overdue. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />