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December 16, 2021 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 R -Roads <br /> N -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 /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - 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 partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety(Division). Ed <br /> Ogrodny of Mountain Coal Company(MCC)accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear and cold during <br /> the inspection,with several inches of new snow on the ground. The mine was active. <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 SG and RPE ponds were frozen and snow-covered. <br /> GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br /> The longwall was in the SS2 panel at around cross-cut 11. Development of the SS3 headgate was in <br /> progress,between cross-cuts 12 and 13. <br /> PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES—Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br /> Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> Most of the waste material that had been temporarily stockpiled on the surface of the RPE had been <br /> transported to the RPEE. Contractors with Wells Excavating were running two dump trucks(with snow chains on <br /> the middle axle) and a loader at the time of the inspection. The RPEE was not inspected. <br /> The wash plant was running at the time of the inspection, and was continuing to generate waste. <br /> ROADS—Rule 4.03 <br /> Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3),Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4), Surfacing and Maintenance4.03.1(5)and <br /> (6)/4.03.2(5) and(6),Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br /> Roads around the main facilities and Sylvester Gulch facilities area had been plowed. Roads on the forest <br /> above the mine were accessible only by snowmobile. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Page 2 of 9 <br />