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September 24, 2014 X- 2005- 109 -12 /Colowyo 2005 -2006 Reserve Def Drilling ProgramJDM <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />N <br />- Air Resource Protection <br />N - Roads <br />N <br />- Backfill & Grading <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N <br />- Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Revegetation <br />N <br />- Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N <br />- Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N <br />- Other <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a coal exploration bond release inspection of X- 2004 - 109 -10 conducted by Jason Musick of the Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division). A request for bond release, from Tony Tennyson of Colowyo Coal <br />Company, was received by the Division on September 17, 2014. This inspection was conducted with the <br />inspections of X-2006-109-13, X- 2005- 109 -12, and X- 2004 - 109 -10. Martin Stearns of Colowyo Coal Company, <br />accompanied the inspection. <br />The weather was clear and the ground was dry at the time of the inspection. <br />This NOI involved the drilling of 75 exploration holes at 44 sites. Five of the exploration holes were completed as <br />piezometers or monitoring wells, of which none have been transferred into the the Colowyo Mine's permit 4C- <br />1980-19 nor have been accounted for in the reclamtion bond of the permit. In addition, 11 of the 18 South Taylor <br />exploration series sites have been mined through and one of the seven remaining sites, ST- 06 -17, has already been <br />inspected with the bond release inspection of X- 1981 - 123 -05. All remaining sites were inspected and released <br />with the approval of SL -1, with the exception of vegetation at the access road to Site C- 06 -12, the vegetation at the <br />sites and access roads to LW -06 -01 and LW- 06 -11, and the monitoring wells that remain at sites C- 06 -21, C- 06 -26, <br />C- 06 -34, ST- 06 -04, and ST- 06 -17. All remaining sites were inspected with the exception of the monitoring wells. <br />Each site was navigated to using a Trimble Yuma unit, utilizing a final exploration map provided in the Final <br />Reclamation Report. <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 2.02(g) and 4212(2): <br />Based on the 2013 SL -1 bond release inspection, the following sites remain and were a part of this SL -2 bond <br />release inspection: <br />-The reclaimed access road to C -06 -26 was dominated Houndstongue, a List B noxious weed species. <br />-Site LW -06 -01 and its reclaimed access road were dominated by Houndstongue, a List B noxious weed species. <br />-Site LW -06 -11 and its reclaimed access road were dominated by Houndstongue, a List B noxious weed species. <br />Based on this inspection, all sites were well vegetated at the time of the inspection with some sites exhibiting more <br />vegetation than others. All areas of disturbance showed no signs of erosion, evidence of noxious /invasive species, <br />or any other problems as a result of exploration. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />