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Bebwaeo®mbmmeapeatm iLsoommtsoo~ediooiaudahwntionmdemcq~sopsatim Clommem~4odm+bs~r mra~a®ad stia~ lim 8r~ 16e upeatim ~d tle asb a widmoe ruPP~~°B Ihs mho®aet ~oW~n Items of concern 6om the previous inapatian include: Hydrobgic Balmce [arfaa drainage of baclcfilled upper pabel, drainage aromd borer paW, apps diversias ditch], Backfill and Grading [opasing m borer vest petal behind the portal eaaq, Other [wasm materials at Iha bwar bench area, 30 gallon drum at the bwar bench area castrate unksowm]. A plan 6aa been dwebped and a oaareo of caroctive aetams programmed (work by oatract) under the Abmdosed Mine Londe program. A solicitation has not bees let as of the daro of this inspection. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS: This is a forfeAed permit. Records are maintained in the offices oflhe Division of Minerals sad Goobgy, 1313 Sherman Strout, Roam 21 S, D®ver, Cobrado 90203. SIGNS AND MARKERS: Thu Divieioa of Minarala and Geobgy (Diviaias) has acquaad a sign far the sine. Coordination with the surface landowner is requaed prior ro eroction of the sign on sibs. This coordination is being coard'mated with the Abaadas Mme Lander (AML) of the Division far thou reclamation program at the site. ]ohn M. Staling, 704 Stripper Lme, Carbondab, CO g0162-3880, is the Imdoama of record at the Gerf eld County Court House (chacJc a 18 May 1999). Mr. Stirling has died. His daughter, Rebecca, is 1d contact us. ROADS Roads aro in eatidactrny shape for this abandoned Bibs. Access as tba road m the uPPa Pis is inhabited somewhat by a bw berm of soil Gataposb aro m place but no gate is present. There is no barrier in place a the road to the borer as portals, dame, ate. This road provides accuser fa the lmdowna to murigation ditch flume sad headgaro. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE ANhough the ground surface is nearly bvol, no surface drainage probbm with the badrflged upper portal (es AML marker is in phtoe) was noted. Thin was m item of inferost as the praviwe inspection. Sur6a dtainega does flow over the ezposod coal mine wades at the upper poral aroa, but is captured and routed to the eadm~estatias pmd (road eed®ent pasd) jest eoath of and adjacaot bo County Road 117. No evidence of sad®ent or coal mina wasros was noted in the sad®eotation pond. Thoro is surface drainage flow over the exposed coal mine wastes et>ba dump ran~out from the sPPa P~s• A sod®mtation pond does not aphrre this roeoff. The arrest AML roclematios plan calla fnr some of these coal mine wastes in be raroved and 6aried at the bwar site. The spland diversias ditch above the nppar portal eras has been breached at the westmn and, and has in-fllbd with sediment in Eva places bowatds the sat. Surface water flows alto the portal beech area rather than to the clear water diversion ealvmt arrow the cad, but runoff from this area v uvonwally capWted by the cad sediment pond. Maintrama end rofurbishing of thin ditch beer ban brought to the att®tiaa ofthe AML recLmatiae manager eo ere to protect diedrrbad Lnds (tabor the ditch) as a resuh of rochtmation ectivibes. Drainage at the borer air portal ores m issue of the previous inapation, and still is an isae. Water is aptwed in an area of cava~in behind the sealed postal. In additias, the ditch m collect sad drain underground amber from the poral u clogged with hash. The eve m area behind the portal is in be earrecbod by the planned AML reclematias. Revak of the ditah 6es bees brought to the atkatao of the AML project manager. Howovey no report was found in a aubxquont research of the fibs end no discussions with Envammeotal Protac6as Spaialisls indieabe drat the drain pipes in the as petal Beal had ova discharged water. The cbar water discharge dioeh and cad uphill surfers drainage 6vm the road crosses the road at a cuWert oo the west sad of>be mine site. This culvert discharges daacdy across, and beer incised down into, a coal mine waste pile. A sedimentation pond does not capturo this runoff. A rocommandation hers bean made in AML to include cban-rap of thin coal mine waster pile into their reclamation plm, and shape a ditch to ~e crak. The sedimentation pond oar the dump ao the bore bvel has been breached. Raonetihrtion of this pond by a low berm at the eaelern sad hu beau wggeabed fa inclneias in the AML recbmation p4n. This pond would the provide water quality proboctia from disturbed ames of the reclamation plm until these areas become ravegetatad. Tho private irrigatias ditch and flame was flawing. The private artesim well was flowing (a small nasrJe pat and hvo baker). Papa 3 of s_ Pupae, (data) s -!I `jam , (initials)