INSPEC04834

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: COAL INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 10/25/2001
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made
during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
Since the September 6, 2001 aerial inspection, I conducted three site inspections at the Roadside Mine, the
first on September 25, the second on October 16, and most recently on October 25. Summarized below are
the observations I made during each of the inspection visits.
September 25, 2001
Inspection was conducted during the late afternoon, early evening. Considerable progress had been made
with respect to dismantling/demolition of the wash plant facilities at the South Portals area lower bench,
and with respect to regrading at CRDA-2, since I had last been to the site on August 24.
Wash Plant Area
At the South Portals lower bench area, most of the steel wash plant structures and conveyor structures have
been demolished, with numerous large piles of metal and other debris in various locations. The remaining
intact wash plant structure is the rectangular one story building (approximately 100 feet long by 40 feet
wide) immediately north of the thickener tank. The thickener tank has been partially demolished, with a
portion of the concrete wall still standing and some metal conveyor support structure remaining. The Nl
conveyor transfer building and baghouse had been separated from its foundation and pushed down.
Concrete building foundations and concrete structure associated will[ coal reclaim tunnels and the refuse
truck loadout tunnel remain intact. Other structures remaining intact on the lower bench include thetwo
story cafeteria/trainingbui1ding, the lab facilityAhowerhouse, the office trailer and other small building
behind the lab, and the guard shack. The demolition contractor was at the site, with work continuing.
Refuse Area CRDA-2
The amended reclamation plan for CRDA-2 calls for substantialregrading along the upper perimeter of the
active bench (top of pile), to allow for installation of a new 100 year design upper diversion. The diversion
would consist of two wings extending at a 2.5% gradient from a starting point immediately above the
center portion of the pile. Approved design cross-sections depict a roughly "V" shaped excavation along
the upper perimeter of the refuse, within which theriprapped diversion channel will be installed. Design
dimension of the excavation varies from approximately 15 to 20 feet deep, with an approximate top width
of 40 to 50 feet. Design dimension of the riprap channel within the excavation is trapezoidal with3 foot
bottom width, 2:1 side slopes, and 10 foot minimum depth. Each wing of the chawel would extend to
natural drainage chutes at either end of the pile, to the outside of the existing disturbed area sediment
collection system. The top of the pile itself is to be graded to drain towardthe outslope at a 2% grade. A
final component of the grading, after completion of the new upper diversion, would be to eliminate the
existing upper diversion.
Based on my observations yesterday, substantial progress has been made in regard toregrading of the top
of the pile and excavation along the upper perimeter in preparation far installation of the new upper
diversion. The new upper perimeter excavation currently varies from approximately 6 feet deep by
approximately 35 foot top-width at the mid-point, to approximately 18 feet deep by SO feet top-width at the
lower ends of each "wing". Some additional excavation and possibly some blasting of sandstone outcrop
would appear to be necessary to achieve final design dimensions and grades. Also, the excavation
currently does not extend beyond the existing perimeter sediment collection ditches along the sides of the