INSPEC40442

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 3/26/1998
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

13elnw ere oomm~ats m aro tavpeataa 'Ihe aorumorrs mdudo disa~s+im of a6s made eauiog me mvpedioo.
Cammanrs also dearn'be mY mfaro®eo< sdiore taken ~ the mipeai®and dre lector or avideme supporting tho
mr«~c.dtoo.
This was a complete irrapectlon of fhe 3outirfleld Mhre. The mine Is edJvey produdng coal. The area
had received a considerable amount of wet snow the previous week, and R reined between the first
and second days of the Irrepectlon, so much of the mine albs was wet and muddy.
$ggQ~ were inspected, and comments are noted on the attached page.
Jtoada were In good condition, but road ditches were in need of meirrtenence. The ditch along the
fadnUes roadway behind the warehouse wore Tundlonal, but needed in be meirttalned. The sump at
the INet end of the Pond 5 Inlet culvert was Tull to the bottom edge of the culvert Sediment had
aocumulabed ib the krwer edge of the culvert below the truck scale entrence. EFCI should consider
removing the sediment from these sumps before it axumulates in the culverts.
~Qrol ,qic Balance
Pond 1 held water rlgM at the top of The discharge gate. A small amount of water was triclding out of
the outran, apparently due to a fault' seal at the gate. Ttda needs ib be corrected. Sediment et the
pond was wen below the outlet level. Pond 2 held water appro~dmatey 2' below the merdmum
allowable level. There appeared m be a corraiderable amount of sediment in the pond. Dredging of
Pond 5 bed bean oomplebed and the dregnne romoved. The weber level was Just below the gate
bottom. Two ducks were on the pond. The refuse pile sediment pond held water well below the
drscharge level. There was a dells of sediment at the inlet poirrts, but the level was below deanout
level. Inlets to the pond were stable.
The Magpie Creek dMeralon was stabb and free of debAs. Flow was observed M the drennel on
Marsh 27, the second day of the inspection.
The rock dust tank and e~loaivea bunker area sediment control atnuturea wero In place functior-al.
There was an area of sediment depositlon on the north side of the Ught use road >b the bunker, whk:h
was the result of road ne1oR from the adjacent Newlin Creek Mine.
Reflme was being hauled m the disposal area and placed on the upper bench. A greder was greding
the pAe >p eliminate s6ending pools of water and malnmin gredient off the pUe. The colledton ditch
around the pne needs to be maintained, on the north side of the pile where the drainage breaks Into
two directions, so that water flows freey. There were two areas of standing water right et the drainage
break poUtt
Revegemtlon
The reclaimed part of the refuse pile was in good condition. No new gullle8 were observed, and Tilling
from previous years was stabilfdng. There were a few plats on the east aide where flow had errtered
smell animal bunowa, but no rills had resulted. These areas should be monlbored for future instabUily.
Vegetaton on the pile was starting >p tum green.
~y stxl~Ues were stable, and property Iderrtlfled. Topsoil stockpile No. 1, which wore reshaped
last summer, had grass coming up on the reseeded areas.
Offeite S~Ipport FaciUtles
Both loadout area ponds were dry. The attemate sediment control measures in place on small areas
o/ the loadout were in place and In good condition. Rills that were repaired last fall remetned stable.
Vegetation is starthg m come on wtlh amen dumps of grass visible under the donnent canopy of
kodYa.