ENFORCE29159

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 2/21/1990
• Doc Name: INSPECTION REPORT
• Violation No.: TD1990020244001TV1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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INSPECTION REPORT
iC was evident that it was occurring end that all was not being done
to divert water. Afternoon flows were restricted to the upper part
of the active disposal bench. Tlie lower portion of that same bench
received none because of a break in the drainage. Water not being
directed into the diversions wee flowing onto a flat on the active
waste disposal bench near the entrance. Snm? of 1t puddled on the ,
pile and rest flowed into the pile Lteelf through established draina.~
Evidence of that was noted when the area was surveyed. Ws ter nn the
pile wee ditched vie truck operators towards the lnelope where waste
3oined the surface of the hillside. From there, it funneled [o the
interior. Evidence of that was noted because flows were not
accumul8ting but instead were dropping out of eight. I probed one of
the funnels with my boot and found no evident bottom. Further
evidence of the saturation wea noted during the actual survey of the
area, where ever we toed in a reference point on the pile, the
surface was dry but Inches below was always uet.
Interim construction phase cross sections of the waste disposal nn
the active bench called for a two (21 percent Rrade towards the south
end/interior part of the pile where it meets Rround. It appeared se
though that was the case on most of the pile. The pile is also to be
graded with positive drainage towards the west. This was not the case
on the day .of the inspection. If it had been, much of [he pooling
end perhaps even the inflow that wee occurring might not have been
noticed. The western third of the bench was graded positively for
drainage but a high spot separated the rest of the area, From the
high spot back towards the entrance to the waste disposal area, much
of the area vas almost if not flat.
GENERAL COMMENTS
Work underground is on a three shift basis but shipments of coal are
limited at this time according to company officials. Some coal is
stockpiled on the ground outside of the silos and in the old "borrow
area" on one of the upper benches but this is because of the quality
of material instead of overflow problem with storage. plans are in
the making for acquiring additional space for coal however, because
the company is inquiring about the possibility of buying the two
abandoned silos and rail facility duet up the road from the mine that
were once part of tl,e Western Slope Carbon property.
The exhaust fan in SylveaCor Gulch was running during, the inspection
but one et the main portal has been pulled and the other was down.
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No mine water discharge was noted at the permitted poine in Sylvester
Gulch. The sediment ponds: MR-F, MB-5, MR-4, MB-1, MB-2, MR-1 and
fresh water pond were lnapected,.. Though the embankments were
snowcovered, they appeared to be stabile end the spillway systems
were functional. The smell pond like structure around the pylons far
the river creasing beliline bed some water in it but no problem was
noted. Inflows from mi~.(ng activity and runoff was noted in several
of the ponds, Le, MB-2 and 3 but no dlacharRe vas noted. The comment
wee made by the state lnepection team that the salt bush grovinR in
some of the spillways and drainages within the system bed to be
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