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s <br />loizz~sz loss <br /> <br />asos 7sszsos <br />yINFSIIE INSPECTIOti ~ARftATI!rE <br /> <br />OS11 :ALBUQ FO _ -~-.-. 11LRD <br />~~~ ~I~I~~~~I~I~~I~~ <br />~ uuliuus <br />Post•It'" brand fax transmittal memo 7671 Nor p.Qae . <br />~ ~ 11 <br />.(.l. Frem ~ <br />. <br />~ <br />l <br />C k / <br />~ <br />~/~~ ~/~ <br />Co. U {'/ I ~ /'f-/'rte <br />pr Peona N so s~ ~ G r ~~ <br />FevN~o~ O ~0`. ~1~ FeaN O~- Z nO~l <br />September 29, 70, & October 1, 1992 <br />Col04:1•n Yoal Company <br />57J1 State NiE+'.'•,ac 13 <br />*feeker, Colorado <br />Colowto Srri~; !nice <br />Ground and !?cather Conditions During tha lnspectiou: llrc end cool, ~~tith <br />nn sir. of hreci;~itatinn 24 hours !•rior to the inspection <br />Personnel present During the insrection: <br />Jim Eiger C.olor:vo Cn;l <br />,lean Garcia Colowvo Coal <br />i:eir.h Bocklemnn C.olnwyo Co:=? <br />id <br />Sterc !•: ;then Calor.ado Division of Minerals anP, Geology <br />Colonido Di,isinn of :linecals and GeoloE)' <br />Garr Fritz Uff:icc ~i f. Surface •.Ii ni.n^\;l hti~ne~gnn Fi ,alii 0.`*ie.e lf,^.h4 <br />This was a cernr5leru oversi~la inspection. ?he Stae of Colorado was <br />notified reF*ardi.nx~ m}• sch2dlllP and was .+bin t-, send ~nmenne to meet me <br />ar r!te mine to conduct a ,joint inspection. <br />ENFORCE`1ENT :a CIIO~' <br />wY -y <br />There trts no yro!rtstandinc state enforcement actions penning aF,atc.mettt <br />l;rior to this inspecti< .or t,•ere there anc taken by the sta'_e during <br />tha inspection. A numh~ of maintenance items were identified du rng <br />the inspection U.' stale personnel that required compliance U}• the <br />operator within a prescribed time. I will address those areas in the <br />main bode of this report. One question was raised Uy the state ' <br />regarding the design criteria for the new diversions recenrl}• Uuilt for <br />drainage control Uelow the new expansion area. !+e were ~maUle to find <br />the approved design for the diversions in the approved mine plan. The <br />operator was going to make a more thorough review of their data for the <br />crossections and P1r. Routten said he would also check their files for <br />the information. If it was not found, failure ro have an approved <br />design would result in a vioation. <br />? issued Ten Day Notice !l:42-02-244-2 with two parCs for potential <br />violations noted durine the inspection that were not addressed Uy tite <br />RtaCe. t'iol.ation number one was issued For the operator's failure to <br />remoee topsoil and\or approved subsoil from areas before disturbance of <br />areas affected U~ surface coal mining operations. Inpsoil and or an <br />approved subsoil suUstinrte was not pulled from the area prior to <br />building the diversions. They were pur in for the recent mine expansion <br />for drainage control ir7 Section 15 and 16. Company officials said that <br />tl:e total combined length of the diversions shore the toF~soil was not <br />cullod is al:prosimatel~' 16,000 feat and overall they average ts:elva feet <br />