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III. CO\1\1F:N"1'ti - cU~II'L.1:\\('F: <br />Belu,v arc comment, un the inspection. the commem~ include disrussurn ofubspnations n+adr durine the inspection. Comments <br />also Jescrihe anp enti,rcemem actions taken dunn~ nc~ my,cction and the filets ur et idence supponinL the enforcement action. <br />hi. ttas a partial inspection condurtrd ht li~nm G. \1 ulkc•r t 1\aker). t,f the culurado l)it'Isiun of <br />Reclamation Mining and Sati•t) lUlt\9ti{, on Uca,her 17. X1106. I his inspection Ii,lluws ;rrrial phowgrtph <br />taken ht I lan't Rannrt of I)R\IS an Octuher I ±. `(1l)G. and an :usuciated insprrtiun rclxrn J:urd (>ea,her <br />'_tl, 3oU6 M Junrt liinns: ;tnd an inspection ofUrtuher 10 - I _'. _s(10G and assc+ciated inspection report of <br />OCluhcr_I1..Illlh, h) Janet [iinns. N;dker teas escorted by Forrest Luke (Luke) of the "I rapper coal \'fII1C.On <br />111.17 '_011b. <br />:\ landslide had occurred at the I rtpprr \line as docununted in these two earlier inspections. phis inspection <br />was prrti,mtrd to obtain morn inti,tntation un structural geology. gnnmJ w;urr. and hla~ting.:lcrass atx,ttt <br />the site of Ilx slide was linuted herausr ul impa_sahlr roads and \ltil I:\ rcstrirtrd access unto the slide area. <br />:\s rcportrJ enrlicr, the slide ttas ten apparent. I he slide <br />appeared to he .t "block slide" ur "infinite slope" I•uilurr in lieu <br />o(a "slip circle t liishup gpel • tLilure. I he picture h, the right __. ..~.. _ <br />was taken luukin ~ u the ti-di tt. I~vident ;ter successive t` `. •~ - ~ m... <br />.:: . <br />block. and tcro6at r ;.. - :`~,r <br />cracks up to the heard - <br />srarp. I hr picture n, ~'*'~- ~ • ~_ _,;_' <br />the Irit ttas taken 1, _'~ .~~~" . y~ <br />IV„k ntg aerU9s lhr (i- 1.r `nn. ... '~_ay, <br />lll(, hlt to the lilfgl' ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ '.''-;_ <br />intact central hloek,~t _~:. lj,~ ~'.;,.•,_' <br />the slide. I lorizun[al <br />mot Intent of Ilse <br />main intact block of <br />~lidr material dostn <br />the dip slope ttas w<.-:,,.. - <br />rsum:ur.l ;u hr .u Ic:ut `un tert ut tln. area. Ihr (i-dip pit had ~. _ <br />hero excatatrd down to the "E;" road x'am las reported h) ~~ . <br />Lukel. phis pit had hren partialh' tilled M flour upheac:tl. In the `~ ~ ~ '-~ <br />picture to the right, the darker coal liom the center and Iett in the - <br />pieutrr is mah•rial I•rom the Iluor of"the pit. \otr the nearly intact ..,~: •• <br />highwall of"the main slip block across the pit, and relatively <br />undisturbed trailing spoil till slope to the right. hhere teas sump ~" ~~ - <br />horlLUnlal encruaelunenl of stole ntaleflals Iillo II,C (,-dlp pll. Llrgel.. i•i,t~ Illy I!r.t,l ~C,ti j` I \I!~~~i tl ..I I iUal <br />seam is rodent in the upper Irli of the lirst picture ahuvr. with sunte collapse ut•this ntatrrial into the <br />rrnnwnt (i-dip pit. l hr coal in the Icli li,rcground ~+I ihr third picture appeared to he collapsed "I I•' se:un <br />coal from :+n adjarrnt pit ttorkings. Bulges at the toe and lower portions of the slide Ithe (i-strike pit :oral <br />wcrr et idrnl.:\II these uhsrnauuns suggest a failure slip surface below the "I:'• coal scam. <br />11`alker attendrel n briefing ul \linc ti:dcty :md I lealth Administration (\1SI1:\) people by mine pctsonncl <br />near the close of the inspection. <br />page _3_ of -5_ pages. inspection date: -Ott9ker 1 <br />17, 200 <br />2~~6 <br />Iinitials: _bgw <br />