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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1980007
IBM Index Class Name
Inspection
Doc Date
2/27/2017
Doc Name
Inspection Report
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Mountain Coal Company, LLC
Inspection Date
2/14/2017
Email Name
LDS
JRS
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February 14, 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: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 15 <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 />R - 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 />Y - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - 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 complete inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Mike Peacock of Mountain Coal Company (MCC) accompanied the inspection. An aerial inspection <br />was also performed, with pictures taken on February 16, 2017, by Brock Bowles of the Division. The weather was <br />clear, with snow on the ground. The mine was active. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Records were available in Kathy Welt’s office, details are given at the end of this report. <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 /> The seep in the reclaimed fill of the RPE that was noted in the January inspection report was still flowing. <br />Mr Peacock said that it was the location of the outlet of a drain in the RPE. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> The mine was operating two 8-hour production shifts, 5 days a week at the time of the inspection. The <br />longwall was in panel E6, at around cross cut 19. The continuous miners were working on the recovery chutes on <br />the E7 panel. At the time of the inspection the wash plant was not running, and was not expected to in the near <br />future. <br />The following permitting actions are in progress: <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES – Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> No waste was being generated or transported at the time of the inspection. The road to the RPEE was <br />snow-covered and not easily passable. There was no sign of recent activity on the RPE.
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