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Support Facilities <br />No problems were found at the Deer Creek geotechnical borehole site. The bulldozer that was used in <br />the vandalism incident on August 22, 2007 (see Slides and Damage, below) was being repaired at the <br />borehole site. <br />Topsoil <br />Topsoil stockpiles were properly marked and protected by grass cover in the surface facilities azea <br />(next to the coal stockpile). Topsoil stockpiles were also in good shape at the corrals staging/laydown <br />area and the Deer Creek geotechnical borehole site. <br />Offsite Support Facilities <br />The corrals staging/laydown area appeared in good shape. <br />The operator's representative explained that the small water impoundment that is next to the Forest <br />Service Road between the staging/laydown area and Minnesota Reservoir at 38.87817°N, <br />107.47908°W is a Forest Service structure. The impoundment covers approximately 5000 square feet <br />and is a few feet deep. The impoundment was noted in the July inspection report. <br />Slides and Damage <br />As previously reported by the mine operator, on August 22, 2007 an unknown person drove the D-8 <br />bulldozer that is kept at the Deer Creek geotechnical borehole site. The dozer ended up in a wetland <br />area next to Forest Service Road 711, near the junction of Road 711 and the borehole site access road. <br />According to the mine operator's representative, this act of vandalism resulted in damage to the topsoil <br />stockpile at the Deer Creek borehole site. The topsoil stockpile had been restored to its original <br />condition by the time of this inspection. There appeared to have been no loss of topsoil resource. <br />By the time of this inspection, the ground had been seeded and straw-mulched in the wetland azea <br />where the dozer was found (see photo below). The mine operator's representative explained that <br />seeding and mulching of this approximate 1,000 square foot area had been done upon verbal approval <br />of the landowner, the U.S. Forest Service. Thick, moist soil in this wetland area would promote rapid <br />revegetation. <br />Documents Received During Inspection <br />The following three documents were received during the inspection: application for MR-344; two <br />reports dated July 2007, one titled 2007 Water Resources Project, and the other titled Methane <br />Drainage Well Project -Habitat and Wildlife Baseline. <br />4 <br />