INSPEC22894

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 1/10/2007
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 12/13/2006
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

King Coal Mine I; UQ. 2
We next inspected the surface lands on the Crawford Ranch above recently mined sections of the
underground mine. Minor subsidence cracks were pointed out by Mr. Kaldenbach. These cracks
are close to one of the water impoundments in this area and appazently minor cracks intercepted
the impoundment during 2006. Mr. Kaldenbach has meet with Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Crawford
indicated the impoundment held water during the summer of 2006. Mr. Crawford has also
indicated he is satisfied with the permittee's responses to subsidence cracks on his property. The
impoundment was dry during the inspection. Mr. Sandlian reported that today Mr. Crawford told
him on the phone that a hunter recently drove over a subsidence crack or cracks east of where we
were, and we decided it was appropriate to wait until Mr. Crawford was available to find these
cracks. Mr. Sandlian committed to follow up on this with Mr. Crawford and Mr. Kaldenbach.
This concluded our field inspection.
Mr. Kaldenbach conducted a thorough permitting and environmental monitoring records review
at the mine offices including the following: DRMS permit expires 8/18/2007; liability insurance
is current through 9/1/07; 3`~ quarter 2006 RPE certified sediment pond and refuse pile
inspection reports are current; 3~ quarter 2006 visual subsidence inspection was conducted as
required 10/18/2006; the CPDES permit expires 6/30/2007 and the renewal application needs to
be submitted by January 1, 2007; CPDES DMR's aze current through the 3`d quarter of 2006; the
2005 annual reclamation report, the 2006 annual hydrology report and 3'a quarter ground water
monitoring reports aze current and available for inspection; the 11/21/2005 reclamation cost
estimate for the King Coal I mine is $118,163; the 6/I4/2006 reclamation cost estimate for the
King Coal II Mine is $289,111; and DRMS holds a corporate surety bond of $570,000 that is
updated through 8/24/2006; there is an October 2005 storm water management plan on file;
4/20/2006 succession of operations is approved by DRMS and on file; and we briefly discussed
the 11 /29/2006 OSM deficiencies letter to the permittee. This concluded the inspection. No
problems were identified during the records review.
Please address any questions concerning this inspection report to Henry Austin, Senior
Reclamation Specialist, at haustinC~osmre.gov or to [phone] x1466.