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New Elk Mine <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) <br />Inspection Period: First Quarter 2005 <br />Inspection Date: 3/17/2005 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The Refuse Disposal Area is located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. Refuse was transported from the preparation plant to the RDA by conveyor belt. <br />The plant has been idle since March of 1996 at which time the last refuse was placed on the <br />fill area. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />Operator completed grade work on the upper surface of the RDA in January 2005. Since completion, <br />the facility has been idle. Periodic snowfalls have melted with no significant run-off to Pond 8. The <br />recontoured surface appears to have retarded melting and run-off from the active area. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overiand and channel flow, undenirain construction and/ <br />or discharge, integrity of 100.year 24hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage is established on <br />all areas. Vegetation is well established on previously reclaimed areas. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />Previously placed fill material has been regraded to promote managed drainage from the extensive <br />surface area (approximately 20 acres). Reworked material was placed in no greater than two foot <br />lifts and compacted with a D-8 dozer during placement. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />