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National Ring Coal <br />P.O. Box 2905 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br />Ring Coal Mine <br />Colorado Permit C-035-81 <br />Random Sample Inspection <br />March 31, 1994 <br />Participants: <br />Rade H. Orell, Office of Surface Mining Albuquerque Field <br />Office (AFO); Tom Byrd, Ring Coal (permittee's <br />representative); Harry Rainey, Dan Hernandez, and Tom Gillis, <br />Colorado Division of Mining and Geology (DMG). <br />Mine Site Evaluation Inspection Report Form: <br />The mine site evaluation inspection report form (MSEIR) has <br />been completed to reflect the random sample inspection (RSI). <br />The inspection did not result in the issuance of a Ten-Day <br />Notice. DMG issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) as a result of <br />the RSI. The NOV is reflected by the number 2 at performance <br />standard code E. Excess Spoil Disposal, 4. Inspections and <br />Certifications on the MSEIR (Colorado t[tles for coal <br />mine/refuse piles cross-reference to excess spoil). The NOV <br />is explained in greater detail later in this report. <br />Introduction: <br />The inspection commenced the morning of March 31..and.-. <br />terminated in the late afternoon of the same day. The <br />inspection include field observations and a records review. I <br />provided my credentials to the permittee's representative at <br />the beginning of the inspection. A 35mm camera was used to <br />photograph areas of interest. The last State complete <br />inspection (LSCI) was conducted on 2/17/94. <br />Field Inspection: <br />The inspection commenced with field observations. Because the <br />disturbed area is relatively small, the field part of the <br />inspection was not lengthy. The field inspection included <br />observations of diversions, culverts, the two sedimentation <br />ponds, small area exemption, and the excess spoil/development <br />waste disposal area. <br />We started on the east side of the disturbed area. We walked <br />along the "clean water" diversion in an northerly direction. <br />We confirmed that the diversion was intact and capable of <br />functioning as designed. We observed a sediment basin at the <br />outlet end of the diversion that prevents coal fines from <br />prelaw areas and from coal outcrops that might happen to be <br />discharged through the diversion from being deposited on Hay <br />Gulch. We continued in a northerly direction to the timber <br />3 <br />