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,. <br />Roadside/Cameo - Powderhorn Coal Co; C81-041 <br />Request for Partial Phase I Bond Release <br />August 14-15, 2001 <br />NOTE: since the inspection, the operator has withdrawn this <br />request for bond release. See letter to DMG from JE Stover & <br />Assoc dated 12/14/2001. Hence no OSM concurrence is required at <br />this time. <br />Aug 14, 9:00 - 4:00 <br />Participants: Dan Mathews, Colo DMG <br />Randal Pair, OSM <br />Tonya Hammond, Powderhorn <br />BLM: Bruce Fowler, Dave Trappett <br />Landowner: Rudy Fontanari <br />Mr. Fontanari was only present for the initial meeting, and <br />mentioned that he was concerned that his irrigation water might <br />be entering the mine workings, and was worried that he might be <br />responsible for water discharges from the mine. Dan Mathews <br />told him that the mine will be responsible for mine water <br />discharges, and that he might in the future work with Mr. <br />Fontanari to identify subsidence cracks where surface water may <br />be entering the mine. Such cracks, if they exist, would not be <br />in the areas proposed for this bond release. <br />The BLM representatives told us that they were satisfied <br />with the reclamation of the South Lease Exploration sites and <br />roads, based on previous inspections and previous correspondence <br />with DMG. Hence, we decided that those areas need not be <br />inspected again for this bond release. See DMG's {Dan Mathews) <br />inspection report for details. <br />We inspected new concrete wing walls that had been <br />installed at BLM's request at a crossing over Coal Creek <br />(Between the two Cameo refuse piles). It appeared to have been <br />constructed in accordance with designs. This access road and <br />crossing are being left as permanent features at BLM's request <br />for access to BLM surface upstream- <br />The two Cameo refuse piles have been only partially <br />completed. The lower benches have been covered with nontoxic <br />material, topsoiled, and planted. This work was intensively <br />checked during an OSM special focus investigation on 8/5/1997, <br />when compliance with designs was checked. Hence we did not <br />repeat the work at this time; see Ron Sassaman's report dated <br />9/10/97. The upper benches of both piles are still active. The <br />South pile is still receiving coal fines from the mine <br />reclamation work, and the North pile is being reshaped, and a <br />