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September 19, 2024 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine BFB <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 13 <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 />R - 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 />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - 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 complete inspection of the Foidel Creek Mine conducted by Brock Bowles with the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division). Michael Howard of Twentymile Coal, LLC. (TC) was present for <br />the inspection. Jim Stark of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) was also present <br />conducting a complete oversight inspection. The weather at the time of the inspection was clear, warm and the <br />ground was dry. <br /> <br />This inspection continued the process of verifying the surface facilities shown on Map 24 of the permit. Many of <br />the items noted below will be corrected or updated on Map 24 to relect the actual ground conditions in a <br />forthcoming revision. <br /> <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The mine records were checked in the mine office and on the Division’s online document system, <br />Laserfiche. The records check list is available at the end of this report. <br /> <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 /> <br />• A storm drain and culvert were noted by the old security building location (photo 1). The drain and culvert are <br />not shown on Map 24 and need to be included on the map. The storm drain collects water from the east end of <br />the parking lot and directs it through a culvert to ditch G-4. Ditch G-4 is well vegetated and appears to be <br />stable.