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SH-Pl 011 Dry but a hole has opened up on the west side of the pond. This hole appears to be related to the coal seam fire located to the northwest of the ond. DBMS IMP has been notified of this hole. SH-P2 012 D HR-Pl 004 Both cells were holding water though several feet below discharge elevation. * Rabbitbrush on inslope of embankment on Pond SA-P 1 needs to be cut down. Roots through embankment potentially may compromise function of the pond embankment. Most of the ditches through out site are in good condition. Ditch 5-Dl has been cleared at railroad crossing. Additional material could be removed form Ditch 5-DI, however, flow is not restricted from flowing through this ditch. Due to the inactivity of pumping from the North Angle & pump, and the prolific activity of ground squircels and badger in the vicinity, Ditch 9-D7 will need thorough inspection for burrow damage prior to running water through this ditch again. Several burrows were noted though they may be above the water flow elevation. SP1 Spoil spring was discharging ~2" (12.4 gpm) on the v-notch weir. Discharge was cleaz. SUDtx>rt Facilities: Portal No. 5 area is well graded. Facilities area is clean and in good condition. Very few debris remain at the SA portal area. Additional barrels and stored materials have been removed from the No. SA portal area. No. SA portal area is clean and draining well. Brazel-Simms building remains have been removed by a salvage operation. Some splintered wood material remains, as well as several tires and other items stored within the building. The operator is planning to removed some of the old bathhouses and derelict buildings throughout the mine site this spring/summer. Potential sites to dispose of non-coal waste were looked at. One potential location may be east of the Okie Plaza housing site. BTU EC will need to submit a revision to the permit for anon-coal waste material site. Processing Waste: Both waste piles remain inactive. No problems were noted with either coal processing waste area. Slides and Damage: On Monday, March 12, 2007, Jerry Nettleton notified the DRMS office via a telephone call that there had been a breach in the oil pipeline that crosses the Eagle Mine permit. The break in the pipe occurred 3/11/2007 at approximately 7:30 pm. The pipeline is managed by Rocky Mountain Pipeline Company. This line is identified in the Eagle Mine Complex permit as the "Amoco" pipeline. The leak occurced just outside of the permit area boundary in TSN, R91 W, SW I/4 Section 6. We visited the location to determine is any part of the spill affected lands within the permit boundary and to assess the damage. It was determined that all damage occurred in a drainage outside of the permit area. Rocky Mountain Pipeline Company (RMPC) had contained the spill, constructed several siphon ponds, applied absorbent material, removed affected soils and disposed contaminated soils off site. RMPC also pruned offoil coated vegetation and disposed contaminated vegetation off site. The pipeline has been repaired and reburied. While we were on the spill site a representative of RMPC, Mc Archuleta, stopped by. He informed us that a company representative comes by daily and is changing the oil absorbent "diapers" in the northernmost sump. These "diapers" are disposed of in metal drums then removed off site. Oil booms have been anchored in the drainage, and upland runoff is diverted around the drainage. Although initial spill passed through a culvert under Highway 13, RMCP determined that no oil made it to the Williams Fork River. Since the spill lays outside of the Eagle Mine Complex permit boundary, I requested the operator submit a letter to the DRMS describing the event and the remediation activities taken by RMPC for the file.