INSPEC00410

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 11/24/2003
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DMG
• Inspection Date: 5/21/2003
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/ Permit Field Visit
Person POWDERHORN COAL CO. Number C-041-81 Date 05721!2003 Continuation Page
' 28. Performance Standard Categories
Codes: 1=Compliance, 2=Noncompliance, 3=Not Planned, 4=Not Started, S=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
A. Administrative
1. _ Mining within Valid Permit
2. _ Mining within Bonded Area
3. -Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. _ Liability Insurance -
5. _ Ownership and Control
6. _ Temporary Cessation
7. _ , AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
8. _ AML, Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
B. Hyd rologic Balance
1. _ Drainage Control
2. _ Inspections & Certifications
3. _ Siltation Structures
4. _ Discharge Structures
5. Diversions
6. Effluent Limits
7._ Ground Water Monitoring
8. _ Surface Water Monitoring
9. _ Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10. _ Impoundments
11. _ Stream Buffer Zones
C. Topsoil & Subsoil
1._ Removal
2._ Substitute Materials
3._ Storage and Protection
D. Backfilling & Grading H.
Subsidence Control Plan
1 . 1 Exposed Openings _
I. Roads
2 . 1 Contemporaneous Reclamation 1.
Road Construction
3 .~ Approximate Original Contour -
2,
Certification
4 . Highwal]Elimination -
3.-Drainage
5 ._ Steep Slopes (includes downslope) 4.-Surfacing and Maintenance
6 . l Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials 5. Reclamation
7 . 1 Stabilization (rills and gullies) J• Signs & Markers
E. Excess Spoil Disposal 1.^ Signs
i ._ Placement 2.
Markers
2
3 ._ Drainage Control
.
Surface Stabilization -
K. Distance Prohibitions
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4 _
._ Inspections & Certifications L. Revegetation
1.
Vegetative Cover
F. C oal Mine Waste _
Timing
2.

1. (Refuse PilesQmpoundments)
1 Drainage Control _
M. Postmining Land Use
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2. 1 Surface Stabilization N. Other
3. 1 Placement General
4. 1 Inspections and Certifications Performance
5. _ Impounding Structures Category
G. U se Of Explosives 1)
1. _ Blaster Certification - _
2. _Distance Prohibitions 2)
3. J Blast Survey/Schedule - _
4. _ W arnings & Records 3)
5. ConVOI of Adverse Effects - _
I A.
~ B.
Performance Standard Categories
30 CFR Counterpart
Administrative .................................. .......................................
1. Valid Perntit .................._............_.............__ ....._......_......__.._._..773.11
2. Mining within Bonded Area .................. ..............................773.11
3 . Terms & Conditions of Permit ............... ..............................773.]7
4. Liability Insurance .................................. ..............................800.60
5. Ownership and Control .......................... ..............................778.13
6. Temporary Cessation .............................. 842.11(e) & 816/812131
7. AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent ....... .........................870.15(6)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay.........._ ._......._ .............870.15(x)
Hydrologic Balance ........................... ...........(816/817.41-57)
1. Drainage Control ......................._................... ......._.......,....__....45
2. Inspections &Certifications ........................_ ......_.__._...49(x)(10)
3. Siltation Struc[ures........._ .............................. ._.............._._...._.46
4. DischargeStructures .................._................. ................_............47
5. Diversions ...................................................... .............................43
6. Effluent Limits ............................................... .............................42
7. Ground Water Monitoring .............._............ ........................Al(c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring ............................. .........................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid -Toxic Materials .................. ........_.......,.......41(f)
10. Impoundments ............................................... .............................49
1 ]. Stream Buffer Zones ...................................... .............................57
Topsoil &Subsoil .......:.......................................(816!817:22)
I . Removal ............................................ ......................................22(x)
2. Substitute Materials......_ ................... .._........_.............._,.......22(c)
3. Storage and Protection......_.........._... ..._ ................_...............22(c)
4. Redistribution...._ .............._.............. ......,..............._.............22(d)
Backfilling & Grading ............... ...............(8161817.95.107)
1. Exposed Openings..........._........816/8 17.13, 14, 75, & 823.11 & 21
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation .......... ........_......._............._......100
3. Approximate Original Contour.. _ ....... .........................._...102(x)(1)
4. Highwal! Elimination .......................... ........_......_..__.......702(x)(2)
5. Steep Slopes (includes downslope) ..... .........._........_..............._107
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials... ._ ................................102(c)
7. Stabilization (rills and gullies) ............ ......_.........._.............._..95(6)
E. Excess Spoil Disposal .................................... .......(816/817.71-74)
1. PlacemenL...._ ........................................................ ............_..............71(e)
2. Drainage Control ............................._.................... ..._........................7 Ut)
3. Surface Stabilization ..................._......................... .........._._....._.,.....71(g)
4. Inspections &Certifications ......................_........... ...._......................71(6)
F. Coal Mine Waste(RetusePiles7lrnpoundments) ,,,,,(g16/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control ................................................... ............................83(x)
2. Surface Stabilization ............................................... ...........................83(6)
3. Placement ................................................................ ...........................83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications....__ ......................... ..........._.............83(d)
5. Impounding Structures ............................................ ...............................84
G- Use of Explosives ........................................... .......(816/817.61-68)
1. Blaster Certification.._ ............................................ ....._....................67(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions ..............._................._.......... ....._.............._....61(d)
3. Blast Survey/Schedule ............................................. ..........._.............62-64
4. Warnings & Records ............_ ................................. .......................66 & 68
5. Control of Adverse Effects ...................................... ...............................67
H. Subsidence Control Plan ............................... ..........(817.121-122}
I. Roads .............................................................. ...(816/817.1;0-151)
I. Road Construction..._ .............................................. ..............._.......150(c)
2. Certification ............................................................. .........................151(x)
3. Drainage ................................................................... ............150(6)-151(d)
4. Surfacing and Maintenance ..................................... .............150(e)-] 51(d)
5. Reclamation .............................._..........................._ .........................I50(fl
J. Signs & Markers ........................................... ............(816(817.11)
I. Signs............_............_ ........................................__ .........__11(x),(6),&(c)
2. Markers .........................._........................................ ..11(a),(b),(d),(e),&(t) I
K, Distance Prohibitions .......................................................(761.11)
L. Revegetation .....................................................(816/817.111-116)1
1. Vegetative Cover ..................................................._...._.........._171 & 116
2. Timing ..................................................................................................113
M. Postmining Land Use ..............................................(8161817.133)