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November 28, 2018 C-1984-065/Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine ZTT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <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 />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - 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 coal mine inspection of the Coal Ridge Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Saftey on November 28, 2018. The on the ground inspection was conducted <br />on The inspection started with a records check at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs followed <br />by a ground inspection of the site. The weather was cloudy and temperatures around forty degrees during the <br />inspection. Coal Ridge Mine is currently inactive and no mine represtative accompanied the inspection. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine’s compliance records are at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, <br />Colorado. There are records in need of updating for compliance. Please see the Division’s Availability of Records <br />form at the end of this inspection report for more details. <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 />No signs of erosion was observed throughout the site. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />The site is very well vegetated and has been fully reclaimed. <br /> <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS – Rule 4.02: <br />Mine identification sign was located at the site entrance. All information for compliance was present and no issues <br />were observed.