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Peabody <br />Twentymile Coal Company <br />29515 Routt County Road #27 <br />Oak Creek, CO 80467 <br />October 5, 2006 <br />Mr. Byron Walker <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />(303)866-4941 <br />RECEIVED <br />OCT 19 2006 <br />D Muunn9 a~`rl3'"anon <br />`~ Safefy <br />RE: 3rd Quarter 2006 Pond Inspection Reports -Permit No. C-82-056 <br />Dear Mr. Walker: <br />Attached for your review are the Pond Inspection Reports for the second quarter of <br />2006. The inspections were conducted on September 28, 2006. Note that Ponds C, D, <br />E, F, and G, were not flowing during the inspection. Ponds B, 62 (Fish Creek Tipple) <br />and the four waste water treatment ponds were flowing during the inspections. All <br />discharge ponds were functional. Standard vegetation clearance, dredging, and minor <br />maintenance aze planned for some sites during the summer of 2007 (see comments on <br />individual site reports). <br />Pond E was not flowing at the time of this inspection, however as you are awaze, Pond <br />E was filled with coal fines when a pipeline coming from the coal wash plant ruptured. <br />The break was discovered on September 11th. Water from Pond E flowed into Foidel <br />Creek sometime following the pipeline break through September 2151. Cleanup and <br />removal of coal fines deposited along the Pond E weir channel, and Foidel Creek aze <br />on going, through the use of high pressure water spray and vacuum truck use in <br />combination with the damming of strategic catch basins. <br />This information is submitted in compliance with Twentymile Coal Company Permit <br />C-82-056 and Rule 4.05.6(13). The inspections were conducted by a qualified <br />individual under the direction of Michael Ludlow, a registered Professional Engineer <br />in the state of Colorado (see next page). <br />• <br />