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January 25, 2018 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine LDS <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <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 />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - 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). Kathy Welt of Mountain Coal Company (MCC) accompanied the inspection. The weather was <br />overcast, dry and cold, with snow on the ground. The mine was active. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Records were available in the mine office; details are given at the end of this report. <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES – Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> The temporary processing waste stockpile on the RPE was stable and tidy. <br /> <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br /> The MSB slump had been thoroughly repaired by Tribble & Sons of Hotchkiss, CO. Material had been <br />removed from the toe of the slump, and the slope buttressed with rock. The bench surface had been excavated so <br />as to remove any possibility of water pooling. MCC were continuing to monitor the area. <br /> <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> The new water tank had been installed. Beavers Construction of Hotchkiss, CO, were still working on the <br />site. <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />N/A <br /> <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br /> <br />