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<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 <br />Y - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection by the Coloroado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) of the <br />Colowyo Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of the Division on August 29, 2023. Amy Eschberger and Joel Renfor <br />of the Division as well as Tony Tennyson representing Colowyo Coal Company (Colowyo) accompained the <br />inspection. The weather during the inspection was clear and ground conditions were dry. Temperatures during the <br />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 />Backfilling has been occurring along the eastern portion of the South Taylor Pit. Spoil from the South Taylor <br />Temporary Spoil Pile is being used as the primary source of backfill material. No backfilling was observed during <br />the inspection.