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December 11, 2019 C-1996-083/Bowie No. 2 Mine RDZ <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 R -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records N -Reclamation Success <br /> NA -Backfill&Grading N -Revegetation <br /> NA -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste R - Subsidence <br /> NA -Explosives R - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> Y -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> N -Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> R -Processing Waste R -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> Harry Ranney of DBMS took aerial photographs of the Bowie No. 2 site on December 11, 2019. The weather was <br /> clear. Rob Zuber of DBMS reviewed the photographs on December 16,2019. <br /> Coal production at the Bowie No. 2 Mine ceased in 2016. The mine is in"active" status because BRL continues to <br /> perform work on the gob piles. Other activities on site are maintenance and monitoring. <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 /> The following ponds can be seen in the photographs: B, C,D, F, and J.None of the ponds appeared to be dry, and <br /> Pond J held significant water.No problems were identified with embankments, spillways, or other features of the <br /> ponds. <br /> No problems were detected with any of the surface water control ditches. <br /> PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES—Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br /> Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> No evidence of ponding, significant erosion, or other problems were identified with any of the gob piles. There is <br /> no evidence that waste material has been transported from the gob piles into the ditches below them. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br />