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October 27, 2015 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine LDS <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 N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Processing Waste N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Kathy Welt of Mountain Coal Company (MCC) accompanied the inspection. <br />The weather was fine, although it had rained shortly before the inspection. The North Fork of the <br />Gunnison River was flowing above the seasonal average (-180 cfs, per the USGS streamflow measuring site <br />upstream of Somerset). <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />The longwall was mining in panel E6. The preparation plant was operating to wash raw coal, but was not <br />expected to be needed beyond the end of the year. <br />The project to bury the pipeline had not yet begun. <br />The project to construct the ramps down to the B seam had been awarded to DMC of Utah. The <br />contractors were on site, but had not yet begun the work. <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br />Mike Peacock of MCC expected to verify the locations for the Mine Ventilation Boreholes to be drilled in <br />2016 within the next week or so, with the help of Dan Gray of USFS. It was understood that the proposed holes <br />would be permitted via a Minor Revision if their locations were within the already permitted "bubbles and <br />corridors", shown on the E Seam MDW Drilling Plan Map, and with a Technical Revision if not. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />