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January 23, 2019 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: 3 <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 />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - 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 complete inspection of the King I and II Mines conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation Mining and Safety. Jordan McCourt of GCC Energy was present for the entire inspection. The <br />weather conditions were sunny and cold. The ground had about 8 inches of snow. The temperature was <br />approximately 25F. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> All required records were on file and available for review at the mine office. No problems were noted <br />with the records review. Please see the availability of records checklist at the end of this report. <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 /> King I- The east and west ponds were snow covered (photo 1). The snow level of each pond was well <br />below the discharge pipe so neither pond was discharging. <br /> <br />King II- <br />Snow melt has been occurring during the day and then the water re-freezes at night. This freeze-thaw cycle is <br />causing ice to build-up around and in some culverts. These culverts were not obstructed but will need to be <br />monitored to ensure they can convey water runoff to the sediment pond. <br />The ditch along the road to the fan, ID-3, has been damaged due to snowplowing (photo 2). The ditch and check <br />dams need to be repaired. <br />The water in the sediment pond was frozen and it had a layer of snow. The snow was several feet below the <br />discharge pipe (photo 3). The pond was not discharging and the outlet pipes were free of obstructions. <br />The water inlet structures by the crusher/screen and the scale were free of obstructions. <br /> <br />