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• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 9/9/2003
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE
Below are corianents on the inspection. The corranents include discussion of observations
made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during
the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was a complete inspection conducted by Kent Gorham of the CDMG. This coal
operation is currently under a temporary shutdown due to market conditions.
Activities during the last 6 months have been focused on major earth moving tasks
and monitoring. The weather was clear and cool and ground conditions were
generally good with some wet areas due to recent rains. Mr. Bobby Steele of
Lorencito Coal Company accompanied me on this inspection.
Availability of Records
The public copy of the mine records is kept by Mr. Ron Thompson of Peak Project
Management (PPM) [phone]. Mr. Thompson's office is located at the Tri-
State Railyard office on the west side of Trinidad along Highway 12. The
insurance certificate expired on August 13, 2003. Mr. Thompson indicated he was
working on getting a new certificate. A registered professional engineer was
certifying the 2nd quarter excess spoil fill inspections. The blasting records in
the east storage trailer at the site should be brought to the PPM office with the
other mine records. The blasting permit expired on 12/31/2002 and the
administrative extension for 6 months granted by the Division of Mine Safety has
also expired. No new application or permit was available.
Signs and Markers
The mine identification sign was present irrenediately south of the new bridge
across the Purgatoire River that provides access to the site. The mine phone
number has been changed to the PPM phone number as requested in a previous
inspection.
Roads
Culverts along the Jeff Canyon haul road were clear and functioning as designed.
As mentioned previously, a culvert is necessary on the Lorencito Canyon haul road
south of its intersection with the Jeff Canyon haul road. Diversion of flow to
the south to Jeff Canyon in the western road ditch has not been successful due to
the existing grade of the road. Instead, water flows to the north in this ditch
and flows across the road surface of the Lorencito Canyon haul road at the
intersection.
The permanent road crossing the reclaimed area has been roughed-in. This road
will require culverts once the final post-mining topography is resolved during the
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