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December 4, 2018 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine BFB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 3 <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 />N - 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 />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - 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 partial inspection of the King I and II Mines conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation Mining and Safety. Wade Wymore of GCC Energy was present for the entire inspection. The <br />weather conditions were clear and cold. The ground was snow covered and the temperature was approximately 8F. <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 /> King II- <br />The check dams in ditch ID3 along the fan access road have been cleaned and the berm was repaired (photo 1). <br />The inlet to culvert C6 was started to be cleaned but was not finished due to the snowy conditions. <br />The inlets to C8 and C10 (photo 2) were free of obstructions. <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES – Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> King I- <br />The coal waste created by the air jig at the King II facilities is being temporarily stored in piles on the King I <br />facilities area until it is placed on the approved waste pile and compacted. The waste is being stored in two non- <br />compacted piles, one at the bottom of the approved waste pile and the other on top of the approved pile. The area <br />around the upper non-compacted pile needs to be contoured so that water will not pond behind the pile and can <br />drain to the southern water collection ditch. The mine plan will have to be reviewed and updated to account for <br />these non-compacted piles. <br /> <br />