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September 12, 2017 C-1981-041/Roadside Portals JHB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <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 />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />R - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - 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 /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. Tonya Hammond accompanied the inspection and represented <br />Snowcap Coal Co., Inc. The weather was hot and dry. The mine is a reclaimed underground mine. As such, no <br />mine personnel remain on the property. The area that received final bond release with the approval of SL10, has <br />been approved to be removed from the permit area with the proposed approval of TR70. All remaining acreage <br />associated with the permit will be located on the east side of the Colorado River. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3, Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> The mine site is very dry. There is no sign of recent precipitation. During the inspection we observed <br />isolated thunderstorms forming on the mesas around the mine site, but no clouds over the site. Tonya reported <br />that there had been no rain for at least a month. All sediment ponds have been reclaimed and have received final <br />bond release. The upland collection ditch at the north decline was dry and in good repair. <br />No concerns were observed with surface hydrology. <br /> <br />Outfall 002 was discharging. The surface of the French drain at the reclaimed South Portals was dry with no sign <br />of any seepage in this area. <br /> <br />The landowner in section 34, Mr. Fontanari, has completed burial of the waterline replacing the open ditch. Mr. <br />Fontanari was on a Front End Loader adding additional cover over the buried water line at the time of the <br />inspection. No additional work has been conducted at the “Carey Pit”. The North-South trench remains filled in <br />with the northernmost east-west portion remaining open. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br />Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4)