INSPEC00570

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 4/24/2001
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

' U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/~RAND VALLEY COAL CO. Permit C-004-80 Field Visit 04/24/2001 CDntiHnatiDn Page
Person ~~ `"' Number Date
28.
3=Not
IA. Administrative
'I 1. _ Mining within Valid Permit
2. _ Mining within Bonded Area
3. 1 Terms & Conditions of Permit
i 4. _ Liability Insurance
'. 5. _ Ownership and Control
i 6. _ Temporary Cessation
7. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
8. _ AML Rec. Fees --Failure to Pay
B. Hydrologic Balance
1. 1 Drainage Control
2._ Inspections & Certifications
3. 1 Siltation Structures
4. 1 Discharge Structures
5. 1 Diversions
6._ Effluent Limits
~~ 7._ Ground Water Monitoring
8._ Surface Water Moniroring
9._ Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10._ Impoundments
11._ Stream Buffer Zones
C. Topsoil & Subsoil
l._ Removal
2._ Substitute Materials
3._ Storage and Protection
Performance Standard Categories
Planned, 4=Not Started, S=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
D. Backtilling & Grading H.
Subsidence Control Plan
1 ._ Exposed Openings _
I. Roads
3 . Contemporaneous Reclamation 1.
Road Construction
3 ._ Approximate Original Contour _
7.
Certification
4 ._ Highwall Elimination _
3._ Drainage
5 ._ Steep Slopes (includes downslope) 4._ Surfacing and Maintenance
6 ._ Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials 5. Reclamation
7 ._ Stabilization (rills and gullies) J. Signs & Markers
E. Excess Spoil Disposal 1._ Signs
1 ._ Placement 2. Markers
2 ._ Drainage Control K. Distance Prohibitions
3 ._ Surface Stabilization
L. Revegetation
4 ._ Inspections & Certifications
~ L
Vegetative Cover
F. C oal Mine Waste _
2.
Timing
1 (Refuse Piles/Impoundments)
._ Drainage Control _
M. _Postmining Land Use
2 ._ Surface Stabilization N. Other
3 . Placement General
4 . Inspections and Certifications Performan ce
5. _ Impounding Structures Category
G. U se Of Explosives I )
1. _ Blaster Certification _
2. _ Distance Prohibitions 2)
3. _ Blast Survey/Schedule
4. _ Warnings & Records 3)
5. Control of Adverse Effects
Performance Standard Categories
30 CF+R Counterpart
A. Administrative ................................. ........................................
L Valid Permit .................................. .... ... ..... .............................773.11
2 . Mining within Bonded Area ................. ...............................773.11
3 . Terms & Conditions of PermiL....._...._ . ..............................773.17
4. Liability Insurance .........................._..... ...............................800.60
5. Ownership and Control...........___ ......... ..............................778. Li
6. Temporary Cessation ............................. .842.11(e) & 816/817.131
7. AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent.__.. _....._............__870.15(6)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ........... .............._.._..._.870.15(a)
B. H}'drologic Balance .......................... ............(816/817.41-57)
1. Drainage Control......._ ........................._........ .............................45
Z. Inspections &Certifications............_.........._. ..._ .............49(a)(10)
3. Siltation Structures_...__..._ ......................_... ............................A6
4. Discharge Structures .........................__........ ..........._.................47
5. Diversions ...................................................... .............................43
6. Effluent Limits___............_ ...................._._.. ._.._.._..................42
7. Ground ~i'atcrMmritoring............__......._.._. ........_ ..............41(c)
8. Surface Water Moni[orine._ .......................... .........................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid-Toxic Materials.__...._._._. .___..._.._...._._41(0
] 0. Impoundments ................................................ ............................49
11. Stream Buffer Zones ................_......._...._._.. ..............__.......:..57
C. Topsoil &Subsoil ...............................................(816/817 ?2)
1. Removal ...................._..................___............... ....................:?2(a)
2. SubstituteMatOrials......._............__..._._._ ....... ......................22(c)
3. Storage and Protection.._........__ ............._........ .....................22(c)
4. Rcdistribution.._........_ ............._.......__.._........ ......_..............22(d)
D. Back511ing & Grading .............................. (816/817.95-107)
I. Exposed Openings._._..___.__..816/8]7.13, 14, 15. & 823.11 & 2]
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation .......................... ........................100
3. Approximate Original Contour...__..........._....... .._....:.._..102(a)(1)
4. Highwall Elimina[ion .............._..__..__._._........ ..._...........102(a)(?)
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)
L PlacemenL........._.........._ .................._.................... _............ _...........71(e)
2. Drainage Control ....................__......_.......... _....... ...........................71(0
3. Surface S[abiliza[ioa..._._...._..._ ........................._ .._........_....._.......71(g)
4. Inspections &Certifications ................................ _.. .............._....._....7 ] (h)
F. COaI Mine Waste (Refuse Yiles/Impnundments) ,,,_(816/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control ................................................... ................_..........83(a)
2. Surface Stabilize[ion ............................................... ...........................83(6)
3. Placement...._._ ....................._................................ ................... _......83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications ................................. ............ _............83(d)
5. Impounding Stmctores ............................................ ......... _...._..............84
G. Use of Explosives ..................................................(8]6/817.61-68)
1. Blaster Certification ...................._........... ..........._..........................._61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions._.__ ....................... ......................_................_61(d)
3. Blast Survey/Schedule..._..........__........_ _..._......._ ...................... _..62-64
4. Warnings & Rccords _ ............................. .................._.....__..........66 & 6S
5. Control of Adverse Effects ...................... ......................_.......................67
II. Subsidence Control Plan ................. ........................(817.121-122)
I. Roads ................................................ .................(816/817.150-151)
I. Road Construction .................................... .......................................150(0)
2. Certification ................._..........._....__._._ ....._._..............._........._..151(a)
3. Drainage._ ............._......_...........__.......... _..........._..........._150(6)-151(d)
4. Surfacing and Main[enance...._.._ ............ ................._.._.....li0(e)-lit(d)
5. Reclamation........._ .................................. ........................_..._..........150(0
J• Signs & Markers .......................................................(816/817.11)
1. Siens .................................._..............................................._ll(a),(b),&(c)
2. Markers..........._ ..............................._................._.....11(ab(b),(d),(e),&(0
K. Distance Prohibitions .......................................................(761.11)
L. Revegetation .....................................................(816/817.111-116)
1. Vegetative Cover...._ ..................._......_......_............................111 & 116
2. Timing ..................................................................................................1 I3
M. Postmining Land Use ..............................................(816/817.133)
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