INSPEC00468

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DMG
• Inspection Date: 7/12/2001
• 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 WESTERN FUELS - Number C-008-81 Date 07/12/2001 Continuation Page
28. Perform
3=Not Planned, 4=Not
A. Administrative
1. 1 Mining within Valid Permit
2. 1 Mining within Bonded Area
3. ~ Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. 1 Liability Insurance
5. 1 Ownership and Control
6. 1 Temporary Cessation
7. 1 AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
$. 1 AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
B. Hydrologic Balance
1. 1 Drainage Control
2. 1 Inspections & Certifications
3. 1 Siltation Structures
4. ~ Discharge Sructures
5. 1 Diversions
6. 1 Effluent Limits
7. 1 Ground Water Monitoring
8. 1 Surface Water Monitoring
9. 3 Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10. 1 Impoundments
11. 3 Stream Buffer Zones
C. Topsoil S Subsoil
1. 1 Removal
2. 1 Substitute Materials
3. 1 Storage and Protection
A.
D.
rd
Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
H. 3 Subsidence Control Plan
I. Roads
1. 1 Road Construction
2. 2 Certification
3. 1 Drainage
4. 1 Surfacing and Maintenance
5. 1 Reclamation
J• Signs & Markers
1. 1 Signs
2.~ Markers
K. 1 Distance Prohibitions
L. Revegetation
I. 1 Vegetative Cover
~. 1 Timing
M. 1 postmining Land Use
N. Other
Backfilling & Grading
L 1 Exposed Openings
2. 1 Contemporaneous Reclamation
3. 1 Approximate Original Contour
4. 1 Highwall Elimination
5. 3 Steep Slopes (includes downslope)
6. 3 Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials
7. 1 Stabilization (rills and gullies)
Ezcess Spoil Disposal
1. 3 Placement
2. 3 Drainage Control
3. 3 SurfaceStabilization
4. 3 Inspections & Certifications
Coal Mine R'aste
(Refuse Piles/Impoundments)
1. 3 Drainage Control
~. 3 Surface Stabilization
3. 3 placement
4. 3 Inspections and Certifications
5. 3 Impounding Structures
Use Of Explosives
1. 1 Blaster Certification -
2. 1 Distance Prohibitions
3. 1 Blast Survey/Schedule -
4. 1 Warnings & Records
5. 1 Control of Adverse Effects -
E.
G.
Performance Standard Catagories
30 CFR Counterpart
7. Valid Permit........._.:.......__.....__....._.._... ...._ ...............................773.11
2. Mining within Bonded Area...... _...._ . .................................773.11
3. Terms & Conditions of Permit ............ .................................773.17
4. Liability Insurance ............................... .................................800.60
5. Ownership and Conuol ....................... .................................778.13
6. Temporzry Cessation..........._ .............. ...842.11(e) & 816/817.131
7. AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondant .... ............................870.15(6)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ......... ............................870.15(x)
$. Hydrologic
(816/817.41-57)
1. Drainage Control ............................................ .............................45
2. Inspections &Certifications ..............._..._..... ..................49(x)(]0)
3. Sika[ion Siruciures ................................._...... .............................46
4. Discharge Structures ................._.................. .._......._.................47
5. Diversions ....................................................... ............................43
6. Effluent Limits ............................................... .............................42
7. Ground Water Monitoring .............................. ........................41(c)
8. Surface WatenMoniroring._..........._...._....... _ .............._.......41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid-Toxic Materials ............._... ..........._....._.....41(f)
] 0. Impoundments .........................._........... _....... _..... _.............,.....49
I1. Stream Buffer Zones........._.......__ ................. ......_..............__.57
C. Topsoil &Subsoil ...............................................(816/517.22)
1 . Removal..........._ .............._...._......__.........__. ._....._........--33(x)
Z. Substitute Materials .......................................... ..... _.......___...22(c)
3. Storage and Protection ..............._.._................. _... _.. _...... _....22(c)
4. Redistribu[ion._...._.._....__ ................._.._...__ ......._..._....._.32(d)
D. Backfilling & Grading ............................. .(816/817.95.107)
1. Exposed Openings .....................8]6/817.]3, 14 , 15, & 823.11 &2]
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation..........._._ ......... ..........__...........100
3. Approximate Original Contour.....__......_ ......... ............_..102(x)(1)
4. Hiehwall Elimination....._............ _ .............._.... .......__.....102(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. Placement ................._....................,......._................ ..........................71 (e)
2. Drainage Control ..................................._............._ ........................... 71 (f)
3. Surface Stabi]ization ............................................... ............................71(x)
4. Inspections & Certifiications.__ ............................... ...........................71(h)
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Piles/Impoundments) ,,,,.($16/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control .................................................... ...........................83(x)
2. Surface Stabilization ..................................._........... ...._.......__.........83(6)
3. Placement ................................................................. ..........................83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications.......:._ ....................... .........................83(d)
5. Impoundin, Structures ............................................. ..............................84
G. Use of Explosives ................................................_(816!817.61-68)
1. Blaster Certification ................................ ...........................................61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions .............................. ...........................................61{d)
3. Blast Survey/Schedule ............................ ...........................................62-64
4. Warnings &~ Records .............................. ........................................66 R 68
~. Control of Adverse Effects .............._._.. ......................._..................._..67
H. Subsidence Control Plan ................ .........................(817.121.122)
I. Roads ..........................................:..... .................(816/817.150-151)
1. Road Construction ................................... ........................................150(c)
2. Certification ........................._....._._....... _.........._..__......................151(x)
3. Drainage ................................................... ............................150(6)-I51(d)
4. SurfacingaadMaintenance ..................... ._..........................150(e)-151(d)
5. Rec]amation._..__...._.__ ...............__...... ......................_..._............150(t)
J• Signs & Markers ............................ ...........................(816/817.11)
1. Signs............_..........._..........__......._ ...... ...............__..........11(a),(b),B:Cc)
2. Markers ................._............._......_.......... .__.............I1(a),(b),(d),(e),&(f)
K. Distance Prohibitions ...................... .................................(761.11)
L. Reregetation .................................... .................(816/817.111-116)
I. Vegetative Cover ................_................... .._...................__.......]]1&ll6
2. Timing ...................................................... _......................__..............-lli
M. Postmining Land
Rwisea
6/817.133)
2 of~
General
Performance
Catagory