INSPEC08331

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 7/12/1999
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation
WESTERN FUELS - Number C-81-008 FlDate
Codes:
A. Ad
28. Perform
3=Not Planned, 4=Not
L _ Mining within Valid Permit
2. _ Mining within Bonded Atea
3. _ Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. _ Liability Insurance
5. _ Ownership and Control
6. _ Temporary Cessation
7. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
8. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
Hydrologic Balance
1._ Drainage Control
2._ Inspections & Certifications
3._ Siltation Swctures
4._ Discharge Swctures
S._ Diversions
6._ Effluent Limits
7._ Ground Water Monitoring
8._ Surface Water Monitoring
9._ Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10._ Impoundments
11._ Stream Buffer Zones
Topsoil & Subsoil
1. 1 Removal
2. 1 Substitute Materials
3. 1 Storage and Protection
B.
C.
Cited
D. Backfil6ng & Grading H.
Subsidence Control Plan
1. _ Exposed Openings _
I. Roads
2. _ Contemporaneous Reclamation l.
Road Conswction
3, _ Approximate Original Contour _
2. 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.
Mazkers
2. _ Drainage Control _
K. Distance Prohibitions
3. Surface Stabilization
4. _
_ Inspections & Certifications L. Revegetation
1.
Vegetative Cover
F. Coal Mine Waste _
Timing
2•
(Refuse Pfles/Impoundments) -
Postmitting Land Use
M.
1. _ Drainage Control _
2. Surface Stabilization N. Outer
3. Placement General
4. Inspections and Certifications Performance
5. _ Impounding Swctures Catagory
G. Use Of Explosives 1}
1. _ Blaster Certification _
2. _ Distance Prohibitions 2)
3. _ Blast Survey/Schedule - _
4. 1 Warnings & Records 3)
5. _ Conuol of Adverse Effects _
Performance Standard Catagories
30 CFR Cotmterpart
A. Administrative .........................................................................
1. Valid Pemut ......................................................................... ............773.11
2. Mining within Bonded Area ...................................... ..........773.11
3. Terms & Conditions of Permit ................................... ..........773.17
4. Liability Insurance ..................................................... ...........800.60
5. Ownership and Control .............................................. ..........778.13
6. Temporary Cessation ..............................842.11(e) & 816/817.131
7. AML Rea Fees -- Non-Respondant .......................... .....870.15(b)
8. AML Rec. Fees --Failure to Pay ............................... ......870.15(a)
State Program
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E. Excess Spoil Disposal ...........................................(816/817.71-74j
I. Placement ............................................................... ............................71(e)
2. Drainage Control ................................................... .............................71(f)
3. SurfaceStabtltza[ion .............................................. .............................71(8)
4. Inspections & Cxrtifications ................................... ............................71(h} I
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Pilesllmpoundments) ,,,--(816/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control ................................................... ............................83(a)
2. Surface S[abiliza[ion .............................................. b
............................83

3.
Placemen[ ............................................................... (
)
............................83 c
4. Inspections and Certifications ................................ ...........................83(d)
S Impounding Structures 84
B. Hydrologic Balance ......................................(816/817.41-57)
G. Use of Explosives ..................................................(816817.61.68)
1. Drainage Control ............................................ .............................45
2. Inspections & Certifications .......................... ...................49(a)(10)
3. Siltation Swctures ......................................... .............................46
4. Discharge S[tuctures ..................................... ..............................47
S. Diversions ...................................................... .............................43
6. EfFluen[Limits ............................................... .............................42
7. Ground Water Monitoring ............................. .........................41(c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring ............................. .........................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid -Toxic Materials .................. .........................41(t)
10. [mpoundments ............................................... .............................49
11. Stream Buffer Zones ...................................... .............................57
C. Topsoil &Subsoil ...............................................(816/817.22)
1. Removal ..................................................................................22(a)
2. Substitute Materials .................................................................22(c)
3. Storage and Protection .............................................................22(c)
4. Redistribution ..........................................................................22(d)
1. BlasterCenification .................................................... .......................61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions .................................................. .......................61(d) I
3. Blast Survey/Schedule ................................................ .......................62-64 '
4. Warnings & Records .................................................. ....................66 & 68
5. Control of Adverse Effects ......................................... _..........................67
H. Subsidence Control Plan .................................. .......(817.121-122)
I. Roads ................................................................. (816817.150-151)
1. Road Construction ...................................................... .....................150(c)
2. Certification ................................................................ ......................I51(a)
3. Drainage ..................................................................... ..........I50(b)-I5l(d)
4. Surfacing and Maintenance ........................................ ..........150(e)-151(d)
5. Reclamation ................................................................ ......................150(f)
J. Signs & Markers .......................................................(816/817.11)
1. Signs ...............................
2. Markers ...........................

D. Backfilling & Grading ..............................(816/817.95-107) K. Distance Prohibitions.......................................................(761.11)
1. Exposed Openings .:...................816/817.13, l4, I5, & 823.11 & 21 L. Revegeta[ion.........................................-.......,...(816817.111-116)
2.
3. Contemporaneous Reclamation .........................
Approximate Original Contour .......................... .........................100
................102(a)(l) 1.
Vegetative Covet..............
.........................................................1 l I & 116
4. Highwall Elimination ......................................... ................102(a)(2) 2. Timing.............................. ....................................................................113
5. Steep Slopes (includes downslope) ................... .........................107 M. Postmining Land Use ..............................................(816817.133)
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Matetgals ................. .....................102(c)

7.
Stabilization (rills and gullies) ...........................
.......................95(b) pa e 2 of _
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