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November 9, 2016 C-2009-087/Peabody Sage Creek Mine JLE <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, DRMS Permit No. C -2009-087 operated by <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC. (PSCM). I, Jared Ebert of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety (Division) conducted the inspection. Mr . Brian Watterson with PSCM accompanied me during the <br />inspection. The weather was clear and warm. <br />EXPLOSIVES – Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Contr ol of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />The explosives storage area was observed and no problems were noted. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monit oring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Smart Ditches FA-D5 and FA-D6 were observed. As noted in previous inspections, these ditches have partially <br />filled with sediment in the upper reaches of the diches. Brian Watterson had dug out portions of the smart ditches <br />where sediment had accumulated to a point close to the top of the ditch.