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January 19, 2017 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine LDS <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <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 />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Mike Peacock of Mountain Coal Company (MCC) accompanied the inspection. The weather was <br />partly cloudy, with snow on the ground. The mine was active. <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 Monitoring 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 /> From the highway a seep was visible in the reclaimed fill of the RPE (above the RPE ponds). The location <br />of the seep was made more visible by the surrounding snow. It should be monitored. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> The mine had increased to run two production shifts, 5 days a week. The longwall was in panel E6, at <br />around cross cut 22. The continuous miners were finishing up the gate roads at the far end of the E7 panel. At the <br />time of the inspection the wash plant was not running, and was not expected to in the near future. <br />The following permitting actions are in progress: <br /> TR-139 was issued on December 27, 2016 <br /> SL-09 was issued on January 14, 2017 <br /> The decision to approve SL-10 was proposed on December 22, 2016, and public notice of the decision <br />was published in the Delta County Independent on January 4 and 11, 2017. Comments are due to the <br />Division by February 3, 2017. <br /> RN-07 was found complete on February 1, 2016. The initial adequacy review was sent to MCC on May 3. <br />A response was received by the Division on May 24. The proposed decision due date has been extended to <br />February 24, 2017.