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August 4, 2022 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine JHB <br /> been cleaned of sediment at the time the inspection ended. Ditches alongside the haul road were already cleaned <br /> of sediment. The clean water(upland)ditch on the west side of the King II haul road had been overwhelmed by <br /> the runoff from the undisturbed areas. The operator had already cleared culverts of sediment and debris and <br /> repaired any damage that had occurred. The SAE on the east side of the haul road had some damage to the silt <br /> fencing that will require repair. It appeared all sediment remained contained within this alternate sediment control <br /> structure. <br /> REVEGETATION—Rule 4.15 <br /> Vegetative Cover;Timing: <br /> Overall GCC Energy has been able to stay on top of managing noxious weeds on the permit area. Several <br /> small collections of noxious weed species were encountered that need to be included in the weed management <br /> efforts. <br /> On the west side of the entrance road to King I there is a patch of Canada thistle. (Photo 1). Proximity to the <br /> farmer's pasture makes control of this B listed noxious weed a priority. <br /> Near the tan porta-potty at the entrance to King I,we encountered a small patch of Diffuse knapweed(photo 2). <br /> additional knapweed were also noted on the berm southeast of the southern extent of the west pond. (photo 3) <br /> Leafy spurge was also noted north of the East pond. <br /> Noxious species were not encountered at the Old Bard/Half Mile Hill area. <br /> The operator is staying ahead of Noxious weed species at the King II facilities. An occasional Musk thistle plant <br /> was encountered on the Pond 1 embankment. These were individual plants and not an infestation. <br /> SUPPORT FACILITIES -Rule 4.04: <br /> The contractor for the Low Cover Crossing construction have removed all trailers, and support facilities, <br /> fuel storage, and secondary containment from the King I facilities area. Red staining from the area where the fuel <br /> storage location was located was noted draining to the East Pond. It was unclear what this staining was. It did <br /> not appear to be oily in nature, and looked to be emanating from the toe of the lower RDA. This reddish drainage <br /> is contained within the sediment control area and shows no evidence of leaving the site. <br /> GCC had disposed of slash pile of dead junipers off site with the disposal company that had been piled at the north <br /> end of Pond 1 at King II facilities. <br /> DOCUMENTS RECEIVED NA <br /> OTHER(SPECIFY)NA <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Page 5 of 12 <br />