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August 17, 2016 C-1981-012/New Elk Mine RAR <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 10 <br /> <br /> <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />Y - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />Y - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />A partial inspection of the New Elk Coal Mine, (Permit C1981 012) was conducted by me, Robin Reilley, of the <br />DRMS on Wednesday, 17 August 2016. <br /> <br />Currently ponds 7 and 8 are retaining significant water and require dewatering. Methods of aleviating this <br />situation are under discussion with DRMS and other entities. The current plan under consideration comprises <br />dewatering these ponds using the slurry pipline as soon as possiboe. An application for a technical revision (TR) <br />is under discussion and pending. <br /> <br />Skies were clear, and temperatures reached the low 70◦F. Recent rains left the sumps and containments in need of <br />sediment clean out and much of this had been recently completed. <br /> <br />Soil, coal and refuse stock piles were observed as were ponds, ditches and culverts. <br /> <br />PERMITTING UPDATE: <br />Permit Renewal RN6: <br />Submitted in 2013 this RN is outstanding with a current decision date of 31 August 2016. Adequacy letters are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />ADQ # Adequacy from DRMS Response from NECC <br />Preliminary Oct 2013 <br />2nd Nov 2015 May 2016 <br />3rd February 2016 May 2016 <br />4th June 2016 June 2016 <br />5th 9August 2016 15 and 22 August2016 <br /> <br />Mid Term (MT 7) Review for 2016 <br />MT 7 is due from DRMS 28 August 2016 and was sent to the operator 25 August 2016 via e-mail. <br /> <br /> <br />