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July 28, 2015 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 />Y - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />R -Hydrologic Balance <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />Y - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N -Other <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />NA -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Colorado Division for Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety, (Division). No represntative of New Elk Coal Company (NECC) accompanied the inspection. The weather <br />was fine and dry. The summer of 2015 had generally been unusually wet prior to the inspection. <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 />NECC representatives were planning to meet with the neighboring landowners to discuss improvements <br />that could be made to the road and the roadside ditch on the neighboring property in order to minimize the size of <br />the watershed contributing to erosion on the north side of the permit area. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />Renewal no. 6 (RN6) has been approved. The notice of the Division's decision has been published and is <br />in the public comment period until August 10, 2016. <br />REVEGETATION — Rule 4.15 <br />Vegetative Cover; Timing: <br />Data from the vegetation sampling conducted by Arcadis earlier in the summer was not yet available. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />