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September 12, 2023 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine LDS <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <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 />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection by Leigh Simmons of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division). <br />The weather was warm, clear and dry. The status of the Elk Creek Mine is “active” however no coal is being <br />mined and the only activity since the last inspection was site maintenance. <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 Elk Creek stream channel was dry at the time of the inspection. Some flashy storms had occurred <br />since the last inspection, however no impacts to the repaired stream channel or surrounding area were noticeable. <br /> <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> Work had begun to dismantle the substation at the upper pad. <br /> <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS – Rule 4.02: <br /> The sign at the eastern extent of the permit boundary (on the north side of highway 133) had been <br />replaced. Oxbow staff shared photographs of the newly replaced sign. <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />Photographs of permit sign, (Figures 3, 4 and 5) <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />N/A <br /> <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />