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September 19, 2016 C-1996-083/Bowie No. 2 Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 9 <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 />R - Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />Y - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a Complete Coal Inspection of the Bowie No. 2 Mine conducted by Jason Musick of the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. Bill Bear of Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) accompanied the entire <br />inspection. Weather was clear and the mine site was dry at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine was put in an inactive/idle state as of February 26, 2016 . All coal production has ceased <br />and the remaining coal stockpiles are being transported out via rail. In a letter to the Division dated February 29, <br />2016, BRL stated that it was thier intention to put the Bowie No. 2 Mine in Temporary Cessation. Pond cleanings <br />were placed at Gob #3 and Gob Pile #2. Soil material was being placed and graded on the west side of Gob #2 <br />and in an area above pond F. No trains were observed loading or unloading at the time of the inspection. <br />Currently, revisions TR-108, TR-109, SL-2 and RN-4 are under review by the Division. <br /> <br />BRL continues to address all maintenence items in a timely and through manner. All maintence items have been <br />addressed and no additional items were identified during this inspection. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> <br />All records were inspected at the Bowie No. 2 Mine offices. A DRMS Availability of Records f orm is attached to <br />this report. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> <br />Ponds B, C, D, F, K and J were observed during this inspection. No ponds were discharging at the time of the <br />inspection and no evidence of recent discharge was observed at any pond. Pond embankments were observed as <br />being stable and well vegetated at the time of the inspection. Ponds C, B, and D were all holding a small amount <br />of water at the time of the inspection. Pond F was in the process of being cleaned and near completion. Pond J <br />cleaning has been completed since the August Inspection and Pond C was cleaned during the summer of 2016.