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January 28,2020 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine LDS <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 N - Roads <br /> R - Availability of Records N - Reclamation Success <br /> N -Backfill& Grading N - Revegetation <br /> N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br /> N - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> N -Hydrologic Balance Y - Signs and Markers <br /> R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> N - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> R - Processing Waste N - Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> This was a complete inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety <br /> (Division). Ed Ogrodny of Mountain Coal Company(MCC) accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear <br /> and dry,but with significant snow on the ground. The mine was active. <br /> AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS—Rule 5.02.4(l): <br /> Records were available in the mine office. Details are given at the end of this report. <br /> GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> The longwall was in the SS panel,between cross-cuts 30 and 29 on the SS head gate. <br /> Development miners were working on the SS2 head gate at around cross-cut 4,and on the Sunset Mains <br /> South at around cross-cut 26. <br /> PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES—Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br /> Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> The Prep plant was in use,washing coal from the eastern end of the SS panel. On the day of the <br /> inspection,processing waste was being transported by haul truck to the RPEE.Material was being worked over on <br /> the surface of the pile,but was not being compacted in its final configuration.Material in the RPEE was mostly <br /> frozen,however snow was melting in the sunshine and was running off to the low point at the entrance to the pile <br /> where it was diverted into the recently placed culvert or off the front of the pile,into the ditch just above the <br /> culvert's outlet. The edges of the crossing point had been protected by metal barriers. <br /> SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> The Shaft#3 Methane Supply well,permitted with MR-438,had been successfully completed. All <br /> equipment had been removed from the site. The well had not yet been connected either underground or on the <br /> surface. <br /> The pumphouse at the MBSE pond had been built but was not yet in use. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> Page 2 of 10 <br />