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December 28, 2015 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine RAR <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading N - Revegetation <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - 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 />N - Processing Waste R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />A partial inspection of the King Coal Mine was conducted by Harry Ranney, of the DRMS on Monday, 28 December <br />2015. Skies were cloudy, and temperatures reached the high 20 -F's. There had been snow the week before and most of <br />the surface facilities were covered with snow. This was an aerial inspection of the King I and II surface facilities. <br />PERMITTING UPDATE: <br />TR -20 Coal Mine Waste for Highwall Backfill <br />o On June 9, 2015, the Division issued a supplemental adequacy item, requesting that GCC develop a sampling <br />plan for further analysis of the acid and toxic forming potential of coal mine waste. A sampling protocol was submitted <br />to DRMS. GCC submitted both an addequacy review 92 and suppplement initial response, and DRMS reviewed and <br />submitted additional adequacy questions to GCC on 2 November 2015. GCC submitted responses to DRMS for <br />adequacy review #3 on 28 December 2015. A request for extension of the decision date to 31 January 2016 has been <br />made. <br />TR -24 Midterm Review Response <br />o The Division issued an adequacy review on 14 June 2015. On 14 July the Division received a response to the <br />June 2015 letter addressing unresolved adequacy items. The Division reviewed this submittal, sent additional adequacy <br />questions to GCC on 26 October 2015. DRMS is in the process of reviewing GCC's adequacy response of 30 November <br />2015. The decision date has been extended to 31 January 2016. <br />TR -25 Surface Water Hydrology <br />o This revision was received 6 July 2015 and found complete on 10 July 2015. DRMS fond the application <br />adequate and on 17 December 2015 issued a proposed decision. Decision issue date is 30 December pending receipt of <br />any comments. <br />TR -26 Surface and Groud Water Monitoring <br />o The division received TR 26 on 22 October 2015, found it complete on 29 October 2015. DRMS sent adequacy <br />questions to GCC in November of 2015. Decision date is 31 January 2016. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />