INSPEC39034

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 10/25/2005
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments 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 Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the
operator during the field inspection. Basil Bear was present for the records check.
East Mine
The entrance gate was locked. The new mine [D sign was on the gate and it contained the correct information.
The paved haul road leading to the crushedscreener bench and the graveled access road to the upper bench were
in good condition. The Tight use roads leading to the bin wall ponds and to the West Ridge waste pile were in
good condition as well. Road ditches had sufficient capacity.
The operator has dismantled one of the water tanks on the upper bench and hauled away the material. The
concrete wall for one ofthe fan shaft sites also has been knocked down, with some oftite debris still on site.
Now there is only one water tank remaining on that bench. There has not been any other reclamation activity at
the east mine.
The sediment control system at the East Mine was in place. Collection and diversion ditches, berms, culverts
and straw bales were operational.
Of the four bin wall ponds, only the second from the top had any standing water in it, and that elevation was
within 1 %z feet from discharge. There were no leaks in this pond's bin wall. The gate on the lowest pond, the
NPDES sampling point, was closed. There was only a little standing water in the West Ridge waste pile pond.
All of the pond embankments and bin walls were stable and the spillways were operational.
There have not been any recent additions to the West Ridge waste pile. The waste pile was well vegetated. The
outslopes and terraces appeared to be stable. The collection and diversion ditches and culverts associated with
the waste pile had sufficient capacity. There were no slope stability or erosional stability problems at the old
coal waste disposal site. This site was well vegetated.
The mine benches and their cut and fill slopes appeared to be stable with no evidence of slumping or gullying.
Surface disturbance markers were up azound the disturbed area. Topsoil stockpiles had fair to good vegetative
cover and signs were up.
Run-Of--Mine (ROM) Stockpile
The top of the OM pile was relatively dry with positive drainage. The collection ditches were well vegetated and
had sufficient capacity. The culverts were clear of debris. There was no standing water in the sediment pond.
The graveled haul road was in good condition. The new mine ID sign and the surface disturbance markers were
up. The topsoil stockpile was in good condition.
Well Field
A new mine ID sign has been put up at the entrance to this site. Surface disturbance markers were up around the
site. The topsoil stockpile had good vegetative cover. The topsoil sign was up.