INSPEC22076

• Permit No: C1992080
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 2/17/2005
• 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.
This partial inspection of the Carbon Junction Coal Mine was conducted by DMG staff from the
Durango Office, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO 81301, phone [phone]. No
activities at the coal mine were observed; no individuals were contacted during the inspection. This
inspection focused on the areas addressed under a request for reduction of permit acreage and
financial warranty (SL-02), submitted by the permit holder. Three maps and 21 photographs
accompany this report.
Under SL-02, the permit holder has requested release of 64.51 acres from the permit area and a
$150,416 reduction in financial warranty, for lands duplicatively regulated under the Colorado Surface
Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of
Construction Materials, 34-32.5-101 et seq., C.R.S. According to the permit holder, the lands
addressed under SL-02 are also permitted under the Ewing Mesa Pit No. 1, Permit No. M-1992-116.
However, discrepancies exist between the boundary of lands addressed under SL-02 and the permit
boundary for M-1992-116. These discrepancies are illustrated on three maps, enclosed with this
report. The first map (8 inches x 10 inches and 1 inch = 400 feet scale) is a copy of the map
submitted with SL-02, with dashed lines to indicate the approximate locations of the second two maps,
Map A and Map B. Maps A and B (11 inches x 17 inches and 1 inch = 100 feet scale) show the
location of the permit boundary for M-1992-116 and the approximate boundary of the lands addressed
under SL-02. The maps indicate a discrepancy between the referenced boundaries of approximately
2 (+/-)acres. Therefore, not all lands addressed under SL-02 appear to be duplicatively regulated
under the Coal and Construction Materials Act and Rules.
The circled numbers on Map B correlate with photos 1 through 11 and show the approximate locations
of the equipment in the photos. As shown on Map B and the accompanying photos, significant coal
related equipment, and disturbance associated with the equipment, exists within the boundary of SL-
02, for which reclamation has not been completed. The equipment shown in photos 1 through 11
appears to be coal related and are not addressed in the reclamation plan or financial warranty for the
Ewing Mesa Pit No. 1, Permit No. M-1992-116.
Coal related equipment located within the boundary of SL-02 includes:
Photo 1 7 improperly stored fluid drums,
1 grizzly for coal processing (also shown in Photo 2),
1 conveyor for coal processing (also shown in Photo 2),
1 Clark Michigan 2756 loader (also shown in Photo 2),
Photo 2 1 coal processing equipment at end of conveyor
Photo 3a 1 fuel truck
1 Cat 12 grader
2 Cat 773 end-dump trucks
Photo 4 2 Liebherr 991
Photo 5a 1 drill rig
1 International Loadstar 600 end-dump truck
1 stripped Chevrolet
Photo 5b 18 improperly stored fluid drums
Photo 6 miscellaneous vehicle debris
1 Ford C-600 welding truck
Photo 7 2 truck trailers
Photo Sa 2 Cat 773 end-dump trucks, partially dismantled
1 Cat 773 water truck