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QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: Southfield <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area <br />Inspection Period: Fourth Quarter 2001 <br />Inspection Date: October 31, 2001 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The refuse area lies west of the main facilities area. Refuse has been placed in designed lifts <br />on a relatively flat terrain. Upslope runoff is diverted away from the disposal area, while runoff from <br />the disposal area is channeled to a sediment control pond. A majority of the disposal area has <br />been reclaimed and exhibits good vegetative growth. The mining facility is now in final reclamation <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />Area was idle during the inspection. Only essential maintenance is being performed to ensure <br />compliance with State and Federal regulations until the remaining final reclamation can be <br />completed. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and/ <br />or discharge, integrity of 100-year 24-hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage has been established <br />on all reclaimed areas."Good vegetation has been established on reclaimed areas with only minor <br />tilling in some more sparsely vegetated areas. Drainage and diversion structures were intact; All <br />underdrain construction has been completed. <br />Observatipn of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />Plant was idle during the inspection with no refuse placement. Waste had been placed in alternating <br />lifts of fine and coarse material prior to cessation of operations. This placement was in accordance <br />with the plan as described in the TerraMatrix report of December 9, 1996. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />