INSPEC41647

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 9/12/2007
• 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.
The inspection began at the northeast corner of the bond release area at the top of the
existing road that accesses the Pre-Law lands from the north. The eastern perimeter was
walked followed by two traverses in an east to west direction from the top down to Road
E1; a final traverse was made along the central portion of the bond release area from
north to sputh above Road E1. The Division's observations and findings are described
below under the following broad headings: Grading & Site Stability, Topsoil,
Revegetation, and Excluded Areas (not meeting the requirements for bond release).
Gradine & Site Stabilit
The reclaimed Pre-Law lands included in the bond release area were stable with no
significant erosion noted. The site was graded to be appropriate for the post-mining land
use, which includes a primary postmining land use of livestock grazing and a secondary
use of wildlife habitat. Cattle were seen grazing throughout the Pre-Law Area. The
steepness of representative slopes was field measured with an inclinometer along two
traverses from the top of the bond release area down to Road El . Slopes measured
ranged from 20% to 42% with the steeper terrain being at the higher elevations of the
bond release area. There is good topographic diversity with a significant amount of hilly
terrain. The reclaimed landform is stable and slopes are not too steep to be traversed by
livestock. Photograph Numbers 1 & 2 provided in Attachment 1 at the end of this report
show cattle grazing on the stable well vegetated reclaimed area.
Surface runoff control appears adequate with no significant rills and gullies noted
anywhere in the bond release area. There are no post-mine drainage channels constructed
in the bond release area with exception of the extreme lower section of PL-1 described
below under the discussion of excluded areas. There are no sediment ponds and no stock
ponds within the reclaimed 259.1 acres. Surface runoff all eventually drains to the
Wadge Impoundment (Pond 002) which is not included in the Pre-Law Area and has
been approved by the Division as a permanent structure.
There were three separate sections of haul road that traversed the 259.1 acres requested
for bond release. Two of these have been fully reclaimed. These former haul road
sections are stable with no erosion and have adequate vegetative cover. Amain section
of haul road traversing the central portion of the area is shown in Photograph Number 3.
The lower haul road which still crosses through the Pre-Law lands was retained and
subsequently used during the permanent program time frame and was designated as Road
EI. This road has been approved by the Division as permanent and was not part of this
bond release inspection.