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January 16, 2020 C-1981-012/New Elk Mine RDZ <br /> Inspection Topic Summary <br /> NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br /> Y -Air Resource Protection R -Roads <br /> R -Availability of Records Y -Reclamation Success <br /> Y -Backfill&Grading R -Revegetation <br /> R -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste Y - Subsidence <br /> NA -Explosives Y - Slides and Other Damage <br /> Y -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance R - Signs and Markers <br /> R -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan R - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> N -Other Y - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> R -Processing Waste R -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> A complete inspection was conducted by Jared Ebert,Daniel Cunningham, and Rob Zuber of DRMS on January <br /> 161 2020. The NECC representatives who participated in the field inspection were Nick Mason and Vince <br /> Massarotti. In the office, safety training was conducted by Bill Massarotti. <br /> The weather was cold, and the ground was slightly muddy from snowmelt. <br /> AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS—Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Latest bond document was missing from records at time of inspection. <br /> EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE—Rule 4.09 <br /> Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br /> No rills or other problems were seen on the Development Coal Waste Pile. The vegetation on this pile <br /> looks very healthy. The sump at DWDA#2 appears to be functioning well. <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 Middle Fork of the Purgatoire River was inspected, and no eroding banks or signs of pollutant loading <br /> from the New Elk Mine were seen, although it should be clarified by NECC staff that the bank next to <br /> DWDA#2 is pre-law disturbance (see General Compliance section of this report). Other areas that were <br /> inspected include the reaches adjacent to Pond 004A, adj acent to Pond 001 A, and next to the raw coal storage <br /> area. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> Page 2 of 13 <br />