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October 13, 2016 C-2009-087/Peabody Sage Creek Mine JLE <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <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 />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />R - Subsidence <br />R - 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 inspection of the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, operated by Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC. <br />(PSCM), permit number C-2009-087. I, Jared Ebert of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />conducted the inspection. Mr. Brian Wat terson with PSCM accompanied me during the inspection. The weather <br />was clear and warm at the time of the inspection. The mine is currently idle. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The mine records were checked at the Foidel Creek Mine office on Thursday October 13 and the morning of <br />October 14. See the end of the report for details. <br /> <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 />No recent backfilling and grading activity has been conducted at the site. <br />Several small slumps /depressions have formed above the SII -PM6 Drainage south and east of stock tank T32. It <br />appears that the backfilled area has settled and created these features. The slumps are not very large, likely only <br />three to five feet in diameter and range in depth from one to three feet. These features should be filled, graded or <br />otherwise stabilized in accordance with Rule 4.14.6. However, all caution should be used to limit the size of the <br />ar ea affected to conducted these activities to that the 10 year bond liability period is not re-initiated in accordance <br />with Rule 4.15.7(5)(a). <br />