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Blow ate u~rM m IM gK.fo~ 7b wm~eb etbM drcsim or m~As Arq Ihs dpclim Commeob io duaibe ar <br />afscmee ~cMr ti.e Met1h, irNc~on d b Fm a nedeeee wpe,~ mineemmt atim <br />This eras a partial inspection cordudsd by Joe Drdash and David Berry of Cabrado DMO. BiA Bear <br />Jr. of Bowie Resources and Jlm Stover of Jtin Slaver and Assodates represented the operator. The <br />operator Is plaMirg s~deralve changsa to the operatlon plan. Flrst, the cornroyor beR and nine site <br />truck loadout system constnx~lon wiA bs delay fOr • tlms. In the meanwNb, the operator wit briny <br />coal droctly from the portal bench down to ltadout by had track The mine site haul road wit be <br />paved and puaMralle wll be Inataled. Second, the portal bench and the coal stod~ib beach wit be <br />combined into one large bench. Ths aushinglscrceNrg, rectal stackers and reclaim system wiA be <br />krcated on the portal bench. Conalnrctlon of the portal entries has begun. The operator has only a <br />few large boulders remalNng to breakup. using er~bsives. <br />The operator is stl1 appylrp the gravel base onto the haul road. It Is possible that the haul mad wll <br />be paved by the end at September. The outskrpes of the haul road cut and tll errbariorrerts were <br />stabb. At the tlme of the irapectlan, the operator began hydroseedng the road embaNmrerts. <br />Drainage dtctas at the base of the road ertibariorrsrRs were functloral. SIR fences and straw bales <br />have also been instabd at various kx;atlane in the road dralrage dtctas. <br />Ttan was no water In pond 8 and oriy a tittle wafer In pond C. The operator was touching up the <br />pond en~barimrerrt far pond C at tM tlms of the Irapectlan. The Dhrislon regrreetsd that lira riprap in <br />the outakrpe of the ernargsncy tpitlway be extended up Into the .plAway tlseM, so that water <br />dsctargirg out of the errargsrrcy epihray won't cut urdertaath the outskrps riprap. <br />Jlm Stover, the consuAart for the operator, stated flat aa~ulAs for ponds B and C wit be redone <br />agar the recant aerial survey mapping becomes available. Jim Stover also stated flat, in Ns aplNon, <br />the ernbarimrsrrt of pond C does not need reworking, where the srnbaNarart drsdly touctas the <br />concrete abrrtnrert. The DMalon stated flat, In eddtlon to the reworked pond as~bulAs, the operator <br />must provide dertwnefrations that ponds B and C aro stable. One area of concern is the steeper <br />than 2H:1V pond embarisrrert slopes at pond B and possiby at pond C, depsndng on the outcome <br />of the toucNrg up operations now going on at pond C. Mother arse of concern Is the pond C <br />ambanlmar~k abuttlrg the cax:rots stnrduro. A tNrd rwncsm is the apparently Ngh clay content in s <br />portion of the pond C embarivrKnt, between the emergency spillway and the concrete abutment. A <br />fourth concern Is the existence of roclos In the pond errbarierrerts. The operator's corrsukant stated <br />that, aAhagh there was no corrQactlon testlng parionned on the ponds B and C embarisrrsrrts, he <br />was ooMidsnt that the embaNerants wero stable. The Division world Ike these staWity concerns <br />addrossed by the operator in writlrg. The OhAsion has steady sent a letter, dated July 24,1987, <br />requesting new ta~ka. The Ohrision wit be sendrg a letter to the operator, requestlrg further <br />kri'omatlon addrsssirg these corrcema. <br />The operator hoe derided to leave the topsdl piles where tlxy are. Besides the main topsdl pile, <br />there am two addtloral ones Just above pond B. The aperstor must submtl a moor revision that <br />