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March 29, 2017 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <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 />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />Y - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the Foidel Creek Mine, operated by Twentymile Coal, LLC. (TC), DRMS <br />Permit No. C-1982-056. Tabetha Lynch with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division) conducted the ground inspection on 3/29/2017. Harry Ranney took the aerial photographs on <br />3/30/2017. Miranda Blomquist with TC accompanied the ground portion of the inspection. The weather was clear <br />and the mine had some snow and was muddy due to melting snow. Accessability to certain areas was not possible <br />and visiblity of several mine features was limited. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Records were checked at the mine office. Details are provided at the end of this report. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> The 10 R pipeline area was backfilled and graded and seeded in late Fall of 2016. The area appears stable <br />and vegetation is starting to grow. <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 /> <br /> Due to the proximity of a higher traffic area and as well as snow removal activity during the winter <br />months, the stream buffer zone for Foidel Creek just below the truck loadout is being encroached <br />upon. Please come up with a solution to ensure this buffer zone is being protected at all times. <br /> <br />