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August 28, 2025 C-1981-041/Roadside Portals CCW <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 7 <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 />Y - 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 report documents the observations taken by the Division during a partial inspection of the Roadside Mine, <br />Permit No. C-1981-041. The inspection was conducted on August 28, 2025, by Clayton Wein of the Division. <br />Snowcap Coal Company was represented at the inspection by Tonya Hammond. The weather was clear with a <br />temperature of 68℉. The ground conditions were dry during the inspection. <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 landowner’s trench is located to the north and northeast of the TR-69 Repair Area. During the inspection, <br />there was no water being applied to the landowner’s trench (Photo 1). No impacts to the TR-69 Repair Area had <br />occurred. <br /> <br />The Carey Pit is located to the southwest of the TR-69 Repair Area and is adjacent to the southwest corner of the <br />permit area. During the inspection the pit was observed from within the southwest corner of the permit area. The <br />Carey Pit was observed to be dry (Photo 2). The trench leading into the pit from the landowner’s buried pipeline <br />was dry. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br />The remaining permitted disturbance is 0.4 acres of land (TR-69 Repair Area) located in the southwestern section <br />of the permit area. This section is commonly referred to as Tract 71. The disturbed area is delineated by a fence. <br />The fence was intact during the inspection. A mine identification sign was placed on the southeast corner of the <br />fence perimeter. The sign displayed the Permittee’s name, the Permittee’s address and the DRMS permit number <br />for the mine site. The sign was in a clearly visible location. The area was reclaimed in 2019 and reseeded again in <br />the fall of 2023. The reclamation parcel was stable with vegetative cover (Photos 3 through 5). Vegetation was <br />dried out, common during the summer months. The area was stable with no erosional features. There were no