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October 12, 2016 C-1981-012/New Elk Mine RAR <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 8 <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 />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 />Y - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />A partial inspection of the New Elk Coal Mine, (Permit C1981 012) was conducted by me, Robin Reilley, <br />of the DRMS on the 12th of October 2016. The weather was clear with temperatures hovering in the mid <br />50 degrees Farenheit. <br /> <br />The inspection included discussing adequacy questions for RN 6 with Mr. Thompson. Office discussions <br />with Mr. Louis Head included the receipt or not of sampling results from the pumping of Pond 8 by Rain <br />for Rent the last week of August and finishing Sept 6, and the establishment of a new reference area for <br />Golden Eagle. Mr. Massarotti accompanied me throughout the inspection of the site. <br /> <br />The focus of the inspection was the RDA, the DWDA #2, the central facilites area, outstanding <br />maintenance items as well as field verification of the culverts table submitted with RN6. <br /> <br />PERMITTING UPDATE: <br />Permit Renewal RN6: <br />Submitted in 2013 this RN is outstanding with a current decision date of 30 October2016. DRMS is <br />awaiting NECC response to the adequacy review sent to the company 7 September 2016. The adequacy <br />timeline 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 />Reminder re 4th 9August 2016 15 and 22 August2016 <br />5th 7 September 2016 <br /> <br />TR 71: <br />Submitted 8 August 2016 and deemed complete 22 September 2016. DRMS reviewed NECC’s document <br />submittal. Timeline is as follows: <br />