2018-03-13_INSPECTION - C1981041 (2)

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March 9, 2018 C-1981-041/Roadside Portals JHB Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 Page 2 of 7 Inspection Topic Summary NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable N - Air Resource Protection N - Availability of Records Y - Backfill & Grading NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Explosives Y - Fish & Wildlife R - Hydrologic Balance Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Other NA - Processing Waste R - Roads R - Reclamation Success N - Revegetation Y - Subsidence Y - Slides and Other Damage NA - Support Facilities On-site Y - Signs and Markers NA - Support Facilities Not On-site NA - Special Categories Of Mining N - Topsoil COMMENTS This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine, conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. Ms. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company, LLC, met the inspector on site and accompanied the inspection. The mine is a reclaimed underground mine that has gone through several bond releases. As such, no personnel or facilities remain on site. The weather was clear and dry.The temperature was 45 degrees F. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: Although the site is dry, due to recent non-mining on the ground activity by a land owner, The inspector hiked to the Rapid Creek irrigation canal headgate to assure that water was not being diverted. The headgate remains closed and locked, Water was not being diverted from Rapid Creek at this location, at this time. Two locks are on the headgate. The area has been very dry. Only occasional small patches of snow remain on the permit area in shady spots. SAEs remaining in the permit area are functioning well. All drainage off the reclaimed parcels appears to be managed. No problems were noted. The landowner of the SE 1/4 of Section 34 has dug trenches on his property, apparently with a backhoe. These are very rough excavations approximately 2 feet deep and 4 feet wide. No topsoil was salvage prior to creating this non-mining related disturbance. The material below the topsoil is very rocky with albic (white) layers intermixed in the strata. This trench begins east of the tree trunk storage area, extends northward to the historic rock wall. Then the trench turns westward and follows the rock wall to approximately 40 feet east of the boundary with Mr. Carey's property. Some of the excavated material has been placed against the rock wall. The trench was interrupted in two locations, 1) under the power line, and 2) over the Ute Water line. There were no signs of