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(5) Prevent damage to public or private property; and <br />(6) Minimize damage, destruction, or disruption of services provided by oil, gas, and <br />water wells; oil, gas, and coal slurry pipelines; railroads, electric and telephone lines; <br />water and sewage lines which pass over, under, or through the permit area, unless <br />otherwise approved by the owner of those facilities and the Division." <br />Sample Population <br />The Team will evaluate coal facilities runoff management at two coal mining and <br />reclamation operations in Colorado during EY 2006. <br />Findings <br />DESERADO MINE <br />On June 7, 2006, OSM and DMG representatives visited the Deserado Mine of Blue <br />Mountain Energy, Inc., Permit No, C-1981-018. Scott Wanstedt, Deserado's <br />EnvironmentaUCoal Quality Engineer, also attended the evaluation. The surface coal <br />handling and storage facilities at this underground mine were evaluated for the prevention <br />of off-site impacts. These facilities included the general facilities azea, the laydown <br />areas, the wash plant pad, the sewage treatment plant, the overland conveyor system and <br />transfer stations 1 and 2, the slot storage facility, the emergency discharge tower, the <br />loadout belt facility, the railroad loadout facility, and the sediment ponds, SAE's, and <br />ditches associated with each facility. <br />Prior to conducting the field evaluation, mine staff provided a general overview of the <br />mining operation wherein a topographic map of the permit area and aerial photograph of <br />the surface facilities was observed. With respect to NPDES compliance, mine staff was <br />asked if any effluent limitation violations had occurred during the past calendar year. <br />The staff responded that anon-compliance event has not occurred since 1996 and was the <br />result of a reporting error rather than an actual discharge. The DMG representative also <br />unaware of any non-compliance issues during the past yeaz. Nevertheless, mine staff <br />provided Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR) for April of 2006 as an example of what <br />is reported on a monthly basis. The DMR's focused on the effluent limitation pazameters <br />for D-portal Pond 1 (DP-1) and the sewage treatment plant process ponds (PP-1 and PP- <br />2). None of the ponds discharged in the month of April and were compliant. The mine <br />staff also noted that if anon-compliant discharge were to occur, they would contact the <br />Colorado Division of Water Quality via telephone and follow it up with a letter stating <br />the same. The DMG would also be notified of the event in accordance with Rule <br />4.05.13(2)(ii). <br />The OSM and DMG representatives then commenced the site visit to evaluate the coal <br />handling and coal storage facilities for off-site impacts including, but not limited to, <br />erosion, sediment deposition, untreated runoff, and dust. The weather at the time of <br />evaluation was extremely hot and dry. Mine staff indicated that there had not been any <br />measurable precipitation for The past Three months. An itemized finding for each facility <br />that was evaluated in the B and D-portal Areas follows: <br />