INSPEC41535

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DMG
• Inspection Date: 10/25/2004
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/ COLOWYO COAL CO. Permit C-019-81 Field Visit 10/27/2004 Continuation Page
Person Number Date
28.
,3=Not
~B.
IC.
1. 1 Mining within Valid Permit
2. 1 Mining within Bonded Area
3. ~ Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. 1 Liability Insurance
5. 1 Ownership and Control
6. 1 Temporary Cessation
7. 1 AML Rec. Fees -Non-Respondent
8. 1 AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
Hydrologic Balance
1. 1 Drainage Control
2. 1 Inspections & Certifications
3. ~ Siltation Suuctures
4.~ Discharge Suuctures
5.~ Diversions
6. 1 Eft]uentLimits
7. 1 Ground Water Monitoring
8.~ Surface Water Monitoring
9. 3 Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10.1 Impoundments
11.1 Sueam Buffer Zones
Topsoil & Subsoil
1. 1 Removal
2. 1 Substitute Materials
3. 1 Storage and Protection
Planned, 4=Not Started, S=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
D. Backtilling & Grading g, 3 Subsidence Control Plan
1. 1 Exposed Openings I. Roads
2. 1 Contemporaneous Reclamation 1. 1 Road Construction
3. 1 Approximate Original Contour 2. 1 Certification
4. 1 Highwall Elimination 3. 1 Drainage
5. 1 Steep Slopes (includes downslope) 4. 1 Surfacing and Maintenance
6. 1 Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials 5. 1 Reclamation
7. 1 Stabilization (rills and gullies) J, Signs & Markers
E. Excess Spoil Disposal I: 1 Signs
1. ~ Placement 2. 1 Markers
2.~ Drainage Conuol K. 1 Distance Prohibitions
3.~ Surface Stabilization L. Revegetation
4.~ Inspections & Certifications 1
Vegetative Cover
1.
F. Coal Mine Waste _
2_ 1 Timing
(Refuse Piles/Impoundments)
3 M. 1 Postmining Land Use
Drainage Control
1.
2. 3 Surface Stabilization N. Other
3. 3 Placement General
4. 3 Inspections and Certifications Petforman ee
5. 3 Impounding Structures Catagory
G. Use Of Explosives I)
1. 1 Blaster Certification _
2. 1 Distance Prohibitions 2)
3. 1 Blast Survey/Schedule _
4. 1 Warnings & Records 3)
5. 1 Control of Adverse Effects _
~ A.
I{B.
Performance Standard Catagories
30 CFR Counterpart
Adminis[rative ................................. ........................................
1. Valid PemtiL...._ ..........................................:. ..................................773.11
2. Mining within Bonded Area .................. ..............................773.11
3 . Terms & Conditions of Permit ............... ..............................773.]7
4. Liability Insurance ................................. ...............................800.60
5 . Ownership and Control .......................... ..............................778.]3
6. Temporary Cessation .............................. 842.] 1(e) & 816/817.131
7. AML Rec. Fecs -- Non-Respondant....... ..._ ....................870.15(6)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ............ .........................870.15(a)
Hydrologic Balance ........................... ...........(8161817.41-57)

1. Drainage Control ............................................ .............................45
2. Inspections &Certifications ........................... ..................49(a)(10)
3. Siltation Strucmres ......................................... .............................46
4. DischazgeStructures......_....._ ....................... .....................__....47
5. Diversions ...................................................... .............................43
6. Effluent Limits ................................................ ............................42
7. Ground Water Monitoring .............................. ........................41(c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring .............................. _......................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid-ToxicMaterials ................... ........................4](f)
10. Impoundments....... _ ....................................... ............................49
] 1. Stream Buffer Zones ...................................... .............................57
II C.
D.

Topsoil &Subsoil ...............................................(816/817.22)
1 . Removal ............................................................ ......................22(a)
2. Substitute Materials .......................................... .......................22(c)
3. Storage and Protection ...................................... .......................22(e)
4. Redistribution ................._................................. ......................22(d)
Backfilling & Grading ............................. .(8161817.95-107)
1. Exposed Openings .....................816/817.13, 14 , 15, & 823.11 & 21
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation ......................... .........................100
3. Approximate Original Contour .......................... ................102(a)(1)
. Highwall Elimination ......................................... ................102(a)(2)
. Steep Slopes (includes downslope)...._ .............. ........................107
. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials .................. ....................102(c)
. Stabilization (rills and gullies) ............................ 4
5
6
......................95(6)
7
E. Excess Spoil Disposal ...........................................(816!817.71-74)
1. Placement ...................................................:........... ............................71(e)
2. Drainage Control ..............................._.................. .............................71Cf)
3. Surfaces[abthzation.._ .......................................... .............................71(g)
4. Inspections &Certifications ................................... ............................71(h)
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Pilcs/Impoundments) ,,,,,(g16/817.81-84)
I. Drainage Controt ................................................... ............................83(z)
2. Surface Stabi]ization......_ ............._....................... ....._.....................83(6)
3. Placement ......................................................_....... ............_........,.....83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications ................................ ...........................83 (d)
5. Impounding Structures..._ ...................................... ................................84
G. Use of Explosives ........................................... .......(816/817.61-68)
1. Blaster Certification ......................_..............-......... ................_..._....61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions .............................................. ...........................61(d)
3. Blast Survey/Schedule .............._............................ ...........................62-64
4. Warnings & Records .............................................. ........................66 & 68
5. Control of Adverse Effects ..................................... ................................67
H. Subsidence Control Plan .............................. ...........(817.121-122)
I. Roads .............................................................. ...(816/817.150-131)]
]. Road Conswction ................... ...........~............................................150(c)
2. Certification ............................. .........................................................151(a)
3. Drainage._......._ ....................... ......................_.............._....150(6)-151(d)
4. Surfacing and Maintenance ...... ............................................150(e)-]5](d)
5. Reclama[ion ............................. .........................................................150(f7
J. Signs & Markers .............. .........................................(816/817.11)
1. Signs ................_...................... ......_..............._....................1](a).(b),&(c)
2. Markers .................................... ..................................1](a),N),(dL(e),&(B
K. Distance Prohibitions ....... ................................................(761.11)
L. Revegetation ...................... ...............................(816(817.111-116)
I. Vegetative Cover ..................... ..................................................111 & 116
2. Timing....---- ............................. ................._........_.........._............_.....i 13
M. Postmining Land Use ........ ......................................(816/817.133)
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