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1 <br />• <br />• <br />:I. Compliance ~rt.i Colorado Surface Cca: :Sin.ng Reclamation .act <br />/ ` CRS i47J, as amended 39-3J-10', _t. sec., <br />a.:d the <br />A.u'es and Recv_'a~ons Issued 2ursuant to ~5e Act <br />G <br />?his includes a listing of the oartic:lar provisicns o: tie regu_atory procram which were <br />examined dur.'ng the course of t::is inscection, and identifies enforcement actions taken <br />during t::e inspection for failure to comply with the Rules and Regu_'a tons, tie Act and <br />the permit. <br />Rule 4.03 Roads <br />The culvert between the entrance gate and the first switchback was inspected. The inlet <br />end is clear. The outlet end has not been repaired. The operator plans to replace a <br />short section of the culvert on fhe outlet end. <br />It did not appear that any additional road work or down slope spoiling has occured at <br />the road Leading to the south fan. <br />Rule 9.05 llydrologic Balance <br />Riprap has been placed at the outlet end of the stockpile pond dewatering device and in <br />the ditch leading to the pond. <br />.The dewatering device in the large pond was free of debris. Pond ;12 had a fair amount <br />of water ~in it. A thick layer of ice is on top of the water and no water was being <br />discharged. <br />The large diversion ditch above the mine bench and portals is nearing completion. <br />Currently the southern end drains toward the south. According ~o mine maps the entire <br />ditch is to drain towards the north. If the maps are correct then some additional yrading <br />and placement of material will be required to insure that the ditch drains properly. <br />The 10" cmp that will pick up drainage from the upper diversion ditch and the bench has not <br />been installed yet. <br />The operator's engineer has done some drilling on the mine bench to explore the possibility <br />of installing a french drain through the bench in order to prevent and decrease bench <br />instability due to water erosion.and saturation. <br />The berm along the outside edge of the bench needs to be strengthened in a Few places. <br />The berm is low enough in a few spots as to allow water or other bench material to leave <br />the bench. Coal should not be stockpiled so near the bench edge that it spills down the <br />outslope. Also material that has been scraped up from the bench during snow removal <br />should not be pushed or piled near the bench edge. This material spills down the outslope <br />and/or contributes to the water saturation and runoff problem that already exists at the <br />bench edge. <br /> <br />