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July 16, 2025 C-1992-081/Hayden Gulch Loadout BFB <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 3 <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 />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - 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 partial inspection of the Hayden Gulch Loadout conducted by Brock Bowles with the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division). Twentymile Coal, LLC. (TC) was informed of the <br />inspection but declined to attend. The weather at the time of the inpsection was clear and warm. <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 irrigation ditch on the south side of Hwy 40 was running but the adjacent grassy areas were not <br />saturated. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br /> The grasses on the lower section of the reclamation were green. The grasses in the upland areas, <br />especially near the trailhead parking lot were dry and beginning to turn brown (photo 1). Several Canada thistle, <br />bull thistle and houndstongue plants were seen that need to be treated. <br /> <br />No cattle were seen grazing on the reclamation north of Hwy 40, although the gates to the adjacent field were <br />open. The grasses were green on the northern area indicating the groundwater was still high enough for <br />subirrigation (photo 2). <br /> <br />DOCUMENTS RECEIVED <br />OTHER (SPECIFY) <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />