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February 8, 2018 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine TNL <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <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 />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />Y - 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 />Y - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - 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 />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection of the Foidel Creek Mine, operated by Twentymile Coal, LLC. (TC), DRMS Permit <br />No. C-1982-056. Tabetha Lynch with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) <br />conducted the ground inspection on 2/8/2018. The weather was mostly clear and cold. Not all areas of the mine <br />were accessible due to snow/mud winter conditions. Maintenance items are bulleted below. Miranda Kawcak <br />accompanied the inspection. <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 />Most culverts around the facilities area were at least half full due to snow melt and mud over frozen ground. Some <br />ditched and culverts had been recently cleared to allow continued function. Ponds around the facilities area had <br />deltas to be cleared when conditions allow. <br />(gray items not checked during this inspection) <br />Location Water Dscg source goes to notes <br />6MN Reservoir Y N mine water Recycling <br />water <br /> <br />6MN ventilation <br />shaft site sed pond <br />Y N pad runoff broken well Repaired