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April 29, 2015 C- 1982 - 057 /Seneca II -W Mine JHB <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 />R - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - 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 />Y -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Janet Binns and Clayton Wein of CDRMS. Katryna Snowden of <br />Seneca Coal Company accompanied the inspection and represented the operator. The area had received snow /rain <br />precipitaion two days prior to the inspection. The site was damp but not too muddy. Some of the roads were soft, <br />but drivable. <br />The mine is a reclaimed surface mine with a shop /warehouse area remaining. No mine personnel remain on the <br />mine site. SCC personnel use an office at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />Records were verified at the Peabody Sage Creek office. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />A single elk was observed drinking and wading at stock tank T -18. <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; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones <br />4.05.18: <br />Pond 17 was discharging . No problems were observed with this pond. Inlets and 2014 repairs were <br />holding up well. <br />PM1 drainage had held up well during the winter months and subsequent snowmelt.. Surge tanks PM -1 -1, PM 1- <br />A-2, PM 1 -A -1, and PM 1 -A -3 were in good condition, all four had a small trickle of runoff passing through the <br />discharge structures. Minor rilling was observed at PM 1 -A -1, but all runoff was directed into the surge tank. <br />Drainages PM 1 -C and PM 1 -B were functioning well. Some gullying was noted south of 2008 Shrub plot. The <br />deepest segment extends approximately 20 feet. Brush packing may be an appropriate method to retard further <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />