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January 12, 2015 C- 1981 - 041 /Roadside Portals BFB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Other <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Processing Waste <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on January 12, 2015 by Brock Bowles of the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) was <br />contacted by phone one hour before the inspection but did not attend the inspection. The weather conditions were <br />cloudy with occasional drizzle. The temperature was approximately 50 F and the ground conditions were muddy <br />with patchy snow. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The rills and gullies on the southeast side of the upper bench of the CRDA 1 have been repaired (photo 1). <br />The lower benches were inspected and no rills or gullies were noted. <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 culvert at the top of ditch D -DI had been cleaned. <br />The sediment in ditch D-DIO had been removed and the ditch cross section was repaired (photo 2). The fabric <br />was replaced although it is not required according to Exhibit 8C of the permit. <br />The pond on the Carey property was dry and no water was flowing in the ditch leading to the pond (photo 3). <br />The south portal area had patchy snow and the ground was damp most likely due to the melting snow (photo 4). <br />No overland flow was seen in the area nor in the ditch below the portal area. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />