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<br />10/22/92 11:02 <br />$505 1662609 OSM .ALBUQ FO ~-.~ MLRD <br />• • <br />ft]j OOd/006 <br /> <br />`1I\'ESTTE IR'SPECTIrI~ KARk.4TI1'F 4 <br />explain; ~~hat the s~~mbols represent and ho; the shots r:ere modified from <br />the tgpical mine plan data. <br />GF.NER:4L COMMENTS <br />The mine is Ol)e Rl11g a new mining area just adjacent to the acLl\'e <br />OperitTlo^ '1.11 Suctions 15 apd 1G. The': started sCripnin~ topsoi 1 in .In 1!: <br />=.nd plan to he dove 1>}- b}~ the end of nest reek. the Hater management <br />Sl"St F,;n for dishirbe.d area flows off of the site hace been !:ompleted. Irt <br />addiilon to tl~e ne~• diversions noted in the TD4, they bare also built 3 <br />per: sedin•.ent pond in E'ro;pect Gulch which a'as c~~mplotad h!' tl;e end of <br />JuI•:. '.s the topsoil is bein? pulled and stored, thec have began <br />preparation errk for tt:e valley fill in section 16. I!te 24 foot wide <br />core trench for the TOCF: l°~Lal^ in the two mi]linn ~~~d ca]ie\• fill ~+as <br />hein? opened ~.rp as ~<e o-:atr'anri scra!)e rs ~,•!~1]ing th^ ~oPSOi1. To!,°oii <br />from most of the area is being stored in pile~,.l(i-P., band C. In areas <br />around the t:e[imelet, Cher ha\e 3156 :a]IVIIO~:erl smaller portions of +.ha <br />soil for story?e around the perimzter. Thera was some r.orce*~: '~, b-tate <br />p=.rsonn~l •+ho~.ir. ch~• rluratiou of the StOTa^_0 and. the derai'1 pro\ided in <br />the mine plan approval fer the piles. The comment was made that this <br />may Head to I;e pursued further to clarifc hot: long the windrows were to <br />remain and how they were to he n!ana^ed. <br />Drillers were prepar_n~ rho first area in the Rer: area for an ocor.hurden <br />shot. <br />Coal frnm t'^. e• "l"" seam ir. Section 11 area 4.111 be remnr~~l b~• th? eu~i. of <br />[ha cear. <br />\ew mining equipment has been purchased for the new expansion. The mine <br />is a multiple seam boxcar that requires coordination between their <br />truck-shovel operation and a dragline in the current mining .trey. In <br />order to speed up the coal recovery, they have purchased an additional <br />(,n }•ard r]ragline for the new pit. It is being reconditioned and erected <br />on the site. <br />Coal from the mine is stored in two different stockpiles, one Hoar the <br />top of the mine and the other at their loadout which is a part of the <br />permit area. <br />Fuel storage on the mine has been redone to meet EPA standards for spill <br />preaention and containment. <br />a'_1 culcacts an the mine were. checked for maintenance. „number oC •:h~~m <br />were noted that required some work before winter szt in. In my notes <br />the following comments were made; 1. "K" needs cleanim, nn [he upper <br />er.d, 2. "I", bottom end was half full, 3. "0" outlet has to be redone, <br />south of Rairoad underpass culvert needs cleanin;;. <br />'9irtor erosion off of the shop pad and char.ga roon•, outlet [o th4• <br />