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March 27, 2019 C-1981-019/Colowyo Coal Mine ZTT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 8 <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 />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />R - 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 />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the Colowyo Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) on March 27 - 28, 2019. Tony Tennyson representing Tri-State <br />Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) and Kurtis Blunt representing Colowyo Coal Company <br />(Colowyo) accompained the inspection. The weather for inspection was clear with partial snowcover. Temperature <br />during the inspection was around twenty five degrees fahrenheit. Due to warmer weather and snowy conditions, <br />access around the site was extremely limited due to mud. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />All records are kept on site at the Colowyo Mine’s office building. Please see the Division’s Availability of <br />Records checklist at the end of this inspection report for more detailed information. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Grading had occurred along the 2019 reclamation parcel in the West Pit. <br /> <br />Backfilling within the South Taylor Pit. As spoil is being removed during pit progression, it is being moved to the <br />previously mined section of the pit to the eastern end where it is being backfilled. <br /> <br />Grading of the Collom facility pad is still on going. No activity was occurring in the Collom facility area at the <br />time of the inspection.