INSPEC16765

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 6/17/2004
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/ SNOWCAP COAL CO. INC. Permit C-041-81 Field Visit 06/17/2003 Continuation Page
Person ~ Number Date
28. Performance Standard Categories
Codes: 1=Compliance, 2=Noncompliance, 3=Not Planned, 4=Not Started, S=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
L _ Mining within Valid Permit
2. _ Mining within Bonded Area
3. _ Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. _ Liability Insurance
5. _ Ownership and Can[rol
6. _ Temporary Cessation
7. _ AML Rec. Fees --Non-Respondent
8. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
B. Hyd rologic Balance
I._ Drainage Control
2._ Inspections & Certifications
3._ Siltation Structures
4,_ Discharge Structures
5,_ Diversions
6._ Effluent Limits
7._ Ground Water Monitoring
8._ Surface Water Monitoring
9._ Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10._ Impoundments
11.~ Stream Buffer Zones
C. Topsoil & Subsoil
1._ Removal
2. Substitute Materials
3.^ Storage and Protection
D.
E.
F.
G.
Backfilling & Grading
1._ Exposed Openings
2._ Contemporaneous Reclamation
3._ Approximate Original Contour
4._ Highwall Elimination
5._ Steep Slopes (includes downslope)
6._ Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials
7.~ Stabilization (rills and gullies)
Excess Spoil Disposal
1._ Placement
2._ Drainage Control
3._ Surface Stabilization
4.~ Inspections & Certifications
Coal Mine Waste
(Refuse Piles4mpoundments)
1. 1 Drainage Control
2. 1 Surface Stabilization
3. 1 Placement
4. 1 Inspections and Certifications
5.~ Impounding Structures
Use Of Explosives
1. Blaster Certification
2. Distance Prohibitions
3._ Blast Survey/Schedule -
4._Warnings & Records
5._ .Control of Adverse Effects -
Performance Standard Categories
30 CFR Counterpart
A. Administrative .................................................... .....................
1. Valid Permit_ ................_....... _................_......._.................. ...........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.
7, Temporary Cessation ..............................842.11(e) &
AML Rec. Fees --Non-RespondanL .......................... 816/817.131
.....870.15(6)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ................................ .....870.15(a)
E. Excess Spoil Disposal ...........................................(816/817.71-74)
1. Placement ............................................................... ............................71(e)
2. Drainage Control ................................................... .............................71(fl
3. Surface Stabilize[ion .............................................. .............................71(g)
4. Inspections &Certifications ............._.................... ............................71(h)
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Piles/Impoundments) ,,,,,(8]6/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control ......._ ....................................._... ............................83(a)
2. Surface Stabilization ............................................... ...........................83(6)
3. Placement ................................................................ ...........................83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications ................................. ..........................83(d)
5. Impounding Stmctures ............................................ ...............................84
B. Hydrologic Balance ......................................(816/817.41-57) G. Use of Explosives..................................................(816/817.61-65)
1. Drainage Control ............................................ .............................45
2. Inspections &Certifications ........................... ..................49(a)(10)
3. Siltation Stmctures ......................................... .............................46
4. Discharge Struc[ures ..................................... ..............................47
5. Diversions........_....._ ..................................... ....................._......43
6. EfOuent Limits ............................................... .............................42
7. Ground Water MOni[oring ....................._...... .........................4](c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring ............................. .........................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid -Toxic Ma[eria]s .................. .........................41 (f)
10. Impoundments ............................................... .............................49
11. Stream Buffer Zones...._ ............................._. .............................57
1. B[as[erCertificanoa ..........................._.................. ...........................61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions ............................................. ...._......................61(d)
3. Blas[Survey/Schedule ................_.......................... ...........................62-64
4. Warnings & Records .............................................. ........................66 & 68
5. Control of Adverse Effects ..................................... ................................67
H, Subsidence Control Plan .............................. „.........(817.121-122)
I. Roads ............................................................. ....(816!817.150-151)
I. Road Construction .................................. .........................................150(c)
2. Certification ............................................ ..........................................151(a)
3. Drainage ................................................. ..............................150(6)-151(d)
4. Surfacing and Maintenance ................._. ......................._.....I50(e)-151(d)
5. Reclamation ........................................... ...........................................150(fl
Signs & Markers ........................... ............................(Slb/817.11)
1. Signs ...................................................... ...............................11(a),(b).&(c)
2. Markers .................................................. ....................11(a),(b),(d),(e),&(fl
Distance Prohibitions .................... ...................................(761.11)
Revegetation ................................... ..................(816/817.111-116)
1. Vegetative Cover........._ ............._.......... ............................_,....lll & 116
2. Timing .................................................... ..............................._.............I13
C. Topsoil &Subsoil ...............................................(816/817.22)
t. Removal ..................................................................................22(a)
2. Substitute Materiels ....................................................._..........22(c) J
3. Storage and Protection .............................................................22(c)
4. Redis[ribution ..........................................................................22(d)
D.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Backfilling & Grading ..............................(816/817.95-107) K
Exposed Openings .....................816/817.13, 14, 15, & 823.11 & 21 L
Contemporaneous Reclamatton .........................
Approximate Original Contour .......................... .........................100
................102(a)(1)
Highwall Elimination ......................................... ................102(a)(2)
Steep Slopes (includes downslope) .................... ........................107
Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials ................. .....................102(c)
Stabilization (rills and gullies) ........................... .......................95(6)
M. Postmining Land Use ..............................................(816/817
2 of
H. _Subsidence Control Plan
I. Roads
1. Road Construction
2. Certification
3._ Drainage
4._ Surfacing and Maintenance
5. Reclamation
J• Signs & Markers
I._ Signs
2._ Markers
K. _Distance Prohibitions
L. Revegetation
l._ Vegetative Cover
2._ Timing
M. _Postmining Land Use
N. Other
General
Performance
Category
F 1 1) special focus: Refuse piles