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February 21, 2019 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine LDS <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <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 />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - 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 by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Doug Smith of Oxbow Mining accompanied the inspection. The weather was overcast, with several <br />inches of snow on the ground. Access was limited to plowed roads. <br />The status of the Elk Creek Mine is “active” however no coal is being mined and the only activity since <br />the last inspection was site maintenance. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Records were available in the office. Detailed comments are made at the end of this report. <br /> <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> Some material had been deposited by Union Pacific workers beside the railway line, within the permit <br />area. The ownership of the land is apparently disputed, although according to maps in the PAP, as well as the <br />Gunnison County Web Map, it is owned by Oxbow Mining, LLC. Regardless, it is well within the right of way <br />corridor associated with the railway line. <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />A paper copy of the 2018 Annual Reclamation Report <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br /> <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />