2024-10-03_INSPECTION - C1982056

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September 19, 2024 C-1982-056/Foidel Creek Mine BFB Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 Page 3 of 13 • On the north side of the employee parking lot, Map 24 shows 2-3 1/2” CMPS. These culverts were not located on the ground. A shallow ditch has replaced the culverts and appears to be an adequate alternative. Map 24 needs to be updated to reflect the current configuration. • The primary spillway in Pond F needs to have the cattails cleared from around it to ensure unobstructed water flow. A sump or check dam needs to be installed on either side of the F Pond outflow pipe. Runoff from the access road is directed to the outflow pipe, below Pond F, without any sediment control structures in place. • The 36” culvert under the TCC Shop Access Road is slightly damaged and contains sediment (photo 2). It needs to be repaired and cleaned. • The ditch on the north and east side of the Equipment/ Material Storage Yard (north of Main Office & Bathhouse) is shown on Map 24 as flowing in multiple directions. The ditch actually flows to the northeastern corner of the storage yard to a sump (photo 3). The sump discharges to a grassy field which drains to Pond F. Map 24 needs to be updated to show the current conditions. This ditch channel is full of wood timbers and debris and needs to be cleaned (photo 4). • The culvert along the Pond F access road across from the Light Duty Shop is not shown on Map 24 and needs to be added to the map. This culvert is completely clogged to where the inlet end of the pipe could not be seen (photo 5). This culvert needs to be cleaned. • Ditch E-1 behind the weld shop needs to be cleaned out. Although the ditch is well vegetated with grasses, the ditch berm in this area is almost level with the ditch bottom creating a flat area where untreated water could overtop the berm (photo 6). • The culvert for Ditch E-1 under the road to the Stoker Coal Storage and Loadout area needs to be cleaned (photo 7). • Stoker Coal Storage and Loadout Area-  1) the northeast corner of the area has an access road leading down to the railroad tracks. Coal fines have been washed down the access road to the railroad tracks beyond any sediment control structures (photos 8 & 9). These coal fines need to be cleaned up and a berm needs to be re-established across the access road to establish a sediment control barrier.  2) The coal berm on the north side of the storage area has been pushed onto the adjacent railroad tracks. Piles of coal are on the tracks beyond the sediment control boundary (photo 10). This coal needs to be cleaned up and the berm needs to be re-established as a sediment control boundary.  3) The berm on the north side of the area is constructed of coal material (photo 11). Coal is not a competent material for building berms and controlling sediment as the coal will degrade and contribute sediment. The berms need to be constructed of a competent material to meet the standards of Rule 4.05.5(1)(a-c).  4) The entire Stoker Coal Storage and Loadout area does not appear to be within the larger sediment control structures of the mine. The entire area is lower in elevation than Ditch E-1 and Pond E. There is a berm around most of the area but there does not seem to be a sediment containment area associated with it, such as a pond, or a sump. The sediment control and drainage of this area needs to be evaluated, appropriate structures put in place and Map 24 updated to reflect the changes. • The ditch on the north side of the ROM pile and the culvert under the haul road to Pond E were in good condition and clean.