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October 15, 2014 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />RR <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />NAY <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />NAR <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />RNA <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />YR <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RR <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />RNA <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NANA <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />RN <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete coal inspection conducted by Jason Musick of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining <br />and Safety. Brian Watterson of Twentymile Coal accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear and the <br />ground was dry at the time of the inspection. One coal train was loading at the time of the inspection. Technical <br />Revision No. 83 is currently being reviewed by the Division. No other revisions are under review by the Division. <br />The longwall miner was in the process of a move from the 15 Left panel to the 14 Left panel at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />All records were located at the TC office and up to date. See attached DRMS Availability of Records. <br /> <br />EXPLOSIVES Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />The explosives storage area was stable with three explosives bunkers and a lay-down area identified within the <br />area. All surface area run-off reports to Pond T. No problems were noted with the exception of the following: <br /> <br />Items noted during previous inspections: <br />- All non-coal waste within the area will need to be removed and disposed of in a permitted and approved manner. <br />Non-coal waste consisted of a heavy amount of wood and debris in and around the explosive bunker ditch and a <br />large CMP culvert in the drainage above Pond T. <br />The above referenced maintenance items have yet to be addressed as of the date of this inspection. The <br />scheduled Complete Inspection. <br /> <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 />Ponds T, B, C, D, E, F, G, 6NM, 18LT, 6NM sediment pond, the Fish Creek borehole ponds, the Fish Creek <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br />214 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />