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~Crv. >r ti~rt ..,....~ __ ___ __ __ <br />Minesite Evaluation Inspection Report <br />Narrative <br />Kerr Coal Co. <br />Marr Strip Mine <br />Permit No. C-80-o06 <br />Inspection Date: August 24, 1994 <br />Participants: <br />Stephen G. Rathbun - 09M <br />George Patterson - Foreman, Kerr Coal Co. <br />Charles Fliniaux - Production Supervisor, Kerr Coal Co. <br />This was a follow-up inspection to ascertain the progress made <br />by Kerr Coal Co. in the abatement work necessary to terminate <br />Notice of violation (NOV) 94-020-352-03. Specifically, the <br />current status of interim step fl which requires Kerr Coal to <br />begin to transport, backfill and compact as necessary, to <br />insure stability, spoil Headed to return the areas disturbed <br />by surface coal mining operations on those Federal Lands <br />within Pit #1 to their approximate original contour. <br />on July 22, 1994, Administrative Law Judge Childs at the <br />conclusion of an Administrative Hearing held in Denver, <br />Colorado set August 23, 1996, as the new abatement date to <br />complete interim step f1 of the above referenced Nov. <br />Therefore, the inspection of August 24, 1994, was made to <br />check on Kerr'e compliance with that order. <br />After stopping at the mine office and presentlnq my <br />credentials to Mr. Patterson, the three participants listed <br />above drove to the Pit # 1 location. It was observed that no <br />spoil material has been transported to this location by Kerr. <br />The only work that appears to have been done in this location <br />since the issuance of the NOV on May 25, 1994, is that Kerr <br />Coal has bladed the slopes on the West.eide of the Pit and the <br />pit floor in preparation for seeding the area. According to <br />Mr. Patterson, the company is proceeding with plans to <br />stabilize this area through the application of temporary seed <br />mix within the next couple of weeks. This indicates that the <br />company is moving forward with work that would be in direct <br />conflict with the requirements of the NOV. The "Valley" <br />configuration that is to be seeded is required by the NOV to <br />be backf111ed and graded so ae to return the area to its <br />original "ridge" configuration. <br />We next drove south of the Pit fl location to view the ongoing <br />reclamation activities at the "720" Pit. Two scrappers and a <br />dozer were working at replacing the resoiling medium in this <br />part of the mine. Nearly all of the disturbed area in this <br />location has been resailed. According to Mr. Patterson, the <br />company will be Finished with the resoiling in a week or so. <br />The area will then be seeded with permanent species. <br />