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April 11, 2017 C-1981-018/Deserado Mine JDM <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 />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N -Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial coal inspection conducted by Jason Musick of the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. <br />The weather was clear and the ground dry at the time of the inspection. The inspection was accompanied by Scott <br />Wanstedt of BME. <br />The longwall was mining in panel LW -B 14 near County Road 65 and one coal train was being loaded at the time <br />of the inspection. Currently, the Deserado Mine has no permitting actions on-going. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The DP -1 Pond was impounding water with no discharge noted. The pond embankments were stable and well <br />vegetated. The emergency and primary spillways were in compliance with no problems noted at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />Pond PP -1 is a concrete pond that was holding water and stable at the time of the inspection. <br />Pond PP -2 contained water with no discharge noted. Embankments were stable and well vegetated with no <br />problems noted. <br />The D -Seam dewatering pond system #1 was receiving water at the time of the inspection. Water was contained <br />within six cells associated with the system. All cells were holding water at the time of the inspection. A small <br />amount of discharge was noted at the time of the inspection. No problems were noted. <br />Construction has been initiated on the D -Seam dewatering system #2. The area was under -going initial grading <br />activities with topsoil being salvaged and stockpiled. No impoundments were constructed at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />