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August 17, 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 N - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading R - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Processing Waste N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) was present for the <br />inspection. The weather conditions were overcast and the temperature was approximately 85 F. The ground <br />conditions were dry. <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 />North of the substation A area, there was a large disturbance (photo 1). Ms. Hammond explained that Mr. <br />Fontanari dug up some old concrete pipelines. The area had been backfilled and leveled and did not appear to be <br />seeded. The exhumed pipes were being stored next to the disturbance. <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 mine area had a major rain event July 7-8. The mine received greater than 2 inches of rain in less than <br />24 hours. Ms. Hammond contacted the DRMS office to report the rain event and the resulting damage. I was <br />unavailable at the time and could not go to the mine to inspect the damage. Ms. Hammond informed me that she <br />was hiring a contractor to clean up the damage and it will most likely be done before I could get to the mine site. <br />During this rain event, a culvert on Coal Creek became clogged forcing the creek over its banks onto the area of <br />Pond 11 (photo 2). The clogged culvert is adjacent to but not in the permit boundary and is the responsibility of <br />the BLM. The water flowed over the Pond 11 reclamation leaving a thick layer of sediment. The sediment layer <br />has dried forming a cracked soil layer (photo 3). The water flowed south but did not cross the Coal Creek Road <br />because of a berm along the road. The water flowed to Coal Gulch which was at the time also flooded due to the <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />