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Inspection Topic Summary <br /> NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br /> N -Air Resource Protection Y -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records Y -Reclamation Success <br /> R -Backfill&Grading R -Revegetation <br /> N -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br /> R -Explosives R - Slides and Other Damage <br /> R -Fish&Wildlife Y - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance R - 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 /> N -Processing Waste R -Topsoil <br /> CONVOENTS <br /> This was a partial inspection of the Colowyo Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of Colorado Division of <br /> Reclamation,Mining and Safety(DRMS)on June 9,2022. Lee Sampson representing Colowyo Coal Company <br /> (Colowyo)accompained the inspection. The weather for inspection was clear with dry gound conditions High <br /> temperatures during the inspection were around 80 degrees fahrenheit. <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 /> Backfill and grading continues at the West Pit Highwall but no active work was observed at the time of the <br /> inspection. Primary backfill has been occurring along the eastern end of the remaining pit.Approximately 3/4 of <br /> the highwall has been backfilled. The eastern portion of the West Pit will not be backfilled immediately as part of <br /> the fill from the current in-pit haul road will be used for final backfill in the West Pit. Current spoil removal <br /> appears to be just above the Taylor Ditch drainage as they bring the slope down to conform to the ditch and the <br /> approved PMT.The majority of the currently backfilled highwall has been rough graded. <br /> EXPLOSIVES—Rule 4.08 <br /> Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4;Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br /> Blast holes were observed along the pit floor of the Collom Pit.The blast was not observed during the inspection. <br />