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January 16, 2018 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines TNL <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 4 <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />Y - 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 />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was an aerial inspection of the Williams Fork Mines; DRMS Permit No. C-1981-044, operated by Moffat <br />County Mining, LLC (MCM). The inspection report was completed by Tabetha Lynch with the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The aerial photos were taken by Harry Ranney. The weather was clear. <br />Reclamation activites have occurred at the site throughout the fall and into the winter.Title IV work has continued <br />at the site. <br /> <br />The Division received notice on November 10, 2016 from MCM removing the Williams Fork Mine from <br />Temporary Cessation Status. The return to active status due to reclamation activites increases the inspection <br />frequency by the Division to two partial inspections and one complete inspection each quarter. The change in <br />status also returns the site to the orginal permit requirements with regard to hydrologic monitoring. <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 /> Ponds appear dry at the time of inspection. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> The Mine is currently following its reclamation plan. <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> Additional support facilities not intended to be permanent structures have been removed from the mine <br />site including the coal stack tube and conveyor structures. It appears coal material from around the stack tube is <br />being collected and piled and cover materials are being brought to that area. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br /> It appears reclamation activities were occurring at the time of this inspection, and have progressed since